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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2008
Lowell L. Winger, Waterloo, CA;
Yunwei Jia, Milton, CA;
Aaron G. Wells, Oakland, CA (US);
Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, NY (US);
Simon Booth, Milton, CA;
Guy Cote, Elora, CA;
Lowell L. Winger, Waterloo, CA;
Yunwei Jia, Milton, CA;
Aaron G. Wells, Oakland, CA (US);
Elliot N. Linzer, Suffern, NY (US);
Simon Booth, Milton, CA;
Guy Cote, Elora, CA;
LSI Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for deinterlacing a picture is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) generating a plurality of primary scores by searching along a plurality of primary angles for an edge in the picture proximate a location interlaced with a field of the picture, (B) generating a plurality of neighbor scores by searching for the edge along a plurality of neighbor angles proximate a particular angle of the primary angles corresponding to a particular score of the primary scores having a best value and (C) identifying a best score from a group of scores consisting of the particular score and the neighbor scores to generate an interpolated sample at the location.