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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2007
James Edward Burns, Basingstoke, GB;
Karl James Sharman, Eastleih, GB;
Nicholas Ian Saunders, Basingstoke, GB;
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
James Edward Burns, Basingstoke, GB;
Karl James Sharman, Eastleih, GB;
Nicholas Ian Saunders, Basingstoke, GB;
Robert Mark Stefan Porter, Winchester, GB;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
A method of image processing for image conversion, comprises the steps of calculating a difference measure of the difference in pixel values between corresponding blocks of a current image field and a preceding image field, calculating a variability measure of the variability of pixel values from at least one of said corresponding blocks, determining whether the difference measure exceeds the variability measure, and if the difference measure exceeds the variability measure, then setting an inter-image mixing value for each pixel in the corresponding block of the current image field to indicate that the current image field should not be mixed with the preceding image field at that pixel position.