(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,542,196 B1 Watkins (45) Date of Patent: Apr
USOO6542.196B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 6,542,196 B1 Watkins (45) Date of Patent: Apr. 1, 2003 (54) ADAPTIVE FIELD PARING SYSTEM FOR 6,269,484 B1 7/2001 Simsic et al. ............... 348/448 DE-INTERLACING 6,348,949 B1 * 2/2002 McVeigh .................... 348/448 (75) Inventor: Daniel Watkins, Saratoga, CA (US) * cited by examiner (73) Assignee: LSI Logic Corporation, Milpitas, CA (US) Primaryrimary ExaminerExaminer-Sherrie CC HsiSa (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm-Christopher P. Maiorana, patent is extended or adjusted under 35 PC U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. (57) ABSTRACT (21) Appl. No.: 09/435,184 A method for de-interlacing a decoded Video Stream com (22) Filed: Nov. 5, 1999 prising the Steps of (A) defining a sampling period, (B) 7 9 Sampling the decoded Video Stream during the Sampling (51) Int. Cl.' .................................................. H04N 7/01 period to define one or more parameters, (C) adjusting a (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................ 348/448; 348/452 threshold and a level of the decoded video stream used in (58) Field of Search ................................. 348/448, 452, processing, in response to the one or more parameters, (D) 348/441; H04N 7/01 filtering the decoded Video Stream using a filter tool Selected (56) References Cited from a plurality of filters, in response to the one or more parameterS. U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 6,118,488 A * 9/2000 Huang ........................ 348/448 20 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets ASC Monitor Interlaced-60 fields/sec 1920x1080 - 16:9 704 x 480 - 16:9 704 x 480 - 4:3 (TV today) 640x480 - 4:3 Progressive-60, 30.24 frames/sec 1920x1080 - 16:9 (No.
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