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Method for magnifying and reducing an image

Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 1991-08-01
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Granted: 1994-02-01
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Expires: 2011-08-01
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Abstract

Abstract A video signal processing method for use in magnifying and reducing an image by interpolating a scanning line within a field when an interlaced original video signal is magnified or reduced by a factor of m/n (m, n are natural numbers), wherein origins of an odd field and an even field for magnifying or reducing processing are offset so as to be equally distanced from adjacent scanning lines within the odd field and the even field, whereby the origins of the odd and even fields for magnifying and reducing processing are set at a common position, and the local filter characteristic is made equal in the odd and even fields, thereby removing a line flicker in an image after the magnifying and reducing processing has been performed and a flicker caused by the vertical resolution differing from one field to another.

Inventors

  • 👤 Shigeki Ishizuka

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 15:15
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/40; G06T3/4023; H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/14; H04N5/222; H04N5/262; H04N5/2628; H04N7/00; H04N7/12; H04N7/122; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S348/00; Y10S348/91

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 114 words
A video signal processing method for use in magnifying and reducing an image by interpolating at a plurality of positions between successive scanning lines within a field when an interlaced original video signal consisting of odd and even fields is magnified or reduced by a factor of m/n (m,n are natural numbers), said video signal processing method comprising the step of: offsetting the origin of an odd field prior to magnifying or reducing processing at a predetermined distance from an adjacent scanning line in said odd field, and offsetting the origin of an even field prior to magnifying or reducing processing at said predetermined distance from an adjacent scanning line in aid even field.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 114 words
A video signal processing method for use in magnifying and reducing an image by interpolating at a plurality of positions between successive scanning lines within a field when an interlaced original video signal consisting of odd and even fields is magnified or reduced by a factor of m/n (m,n are natural numbers), said video signal processing method comprising the step of: offsetting the origin of an odd field prior to magnifying or reducing processing at a predetermined distance from an adjacent scanning line in said odd field, and offsetting the origin of an even field prior to magnifying or reducing processing at said predetermined distance from an adjacent scanning line in aid even field.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 35 words
A video signal processing method according to claim 1, wherein said step of offsetting origins includes selecting an offset for the origins to be d/4 where d is the interval between said adjacent scanning lines.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
A video signal processing method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of calculating an interpolation coefficient at each interpolation position.

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