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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Danilo Pau, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;
Emiliano Piccinelli, Monza, IT;
Fabrizio Rovati, Cinisello Balsamo, IT;
Daniele Alfonso, Monza, IT;
Elio Privitera, Monza, IT;
Angelo Schiavone, Cinisello Balsamo, IT;
Danilo Pau, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;
Emiliano Piccinelli, Monza, IT;
Fabrizio Rovati, Cinisello Balsamo, IT;
Daniele Alfonso, Monza, IT;
Elio Privitera, Monza, IT;
Angelo Schiavone, Cinisello Balsamo, IT;
STMicroelectronics S.r.l., Agrate Brianza, IT;
Abstract
A spatial-type de-interlacing process to be applied to a digital image for obtaining a spatial reconstruction. Furthermore, to the digital image there are also applied one or more temporal-type motion compensation de-interlacing processes for obtaining one or more temporal reconstructions, and the spatial reconstruction and the one or more temporal reconstructions are sent to a decision module. The decision module applies a cost function to the spatial reconstruction and the temporal reconstructions and chooses from among the spatial reconstruction and the temporal reconstructions the one that minimizes the cost function. Preferential application is to display systems, in particular displays of a cathode-ray type, liquid-crystal type, and plasma type which use a mechanism of progressive scan.