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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 31, 2005
Graham R. Jones, Oxfordshire, GB;
Lyndon Hill, Berkshire, GB;
Graham R. Jones, Oxfordshire, GB;
Lyndon Hill, Berkshire, GB;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus () is provided for interlacing a plurality of input images (I, I) to form an output image (O). The interlacing apparatus () comprises a programmable memory () for storing one or more interlacing configuration patterns (P, Pand P) which define a mapping from pixels of the input images (I, I) to pixels of the output image (O). The interlacing apparatus () also comprises a pixel data rearranger or interlacer () for rearranging pixel data in accordance with a pattern (P) stored in the memory (). A pattern controller () is provided for selecting any one of the patterns (P, Pand P) for use in the interlacer (). Such an interlacing apparatus () can be used to drive a display device such as a multiple view directional display device or an autostereoscopic display device. A deinterlacer, an image compressor and an image decompressor are also provided.