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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Snell Limited, Reading, GB;
Inventors:
Michael James Knee, Petersfield, GB;
Maurice Snell, Petersfield, GB;
Assignee:
Snell Limited, Reading, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 11/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/0112 (2013.01); H04N 7/0122 (2013.01);
Abstract
The intended display aspect-ratio for video is determined automatically by analyzing an image to identify image blocks resulting from prior block-based processing of the video; comparing horizontal and vertical dimensions of those image blocks with horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image, with black border regions excluded as necessary; and determining from that comparison a display aspect ratio for the video.