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Film source video detection
Assignee: Tamiras Per Pte Ltd LLC
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Filing: 1997-10-10
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Granted: 2000-01-11
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Expires: 2017-10-10
Abstract
Abstract A television line doubler (interlaced to progressive scan converter) incorporating the following aspects--an improved field motion detector which does not treat low frequency vertical transitions as motion; a frame motion detector having an improved ability to differentiate motion from subcarrier signal components; a sawtooth artifact detector; a sawtooth artifact detector in combination with a film pattern detector, such that the artifact detector can take the film pattern detector out of film mode earlier than it would if it only were responsive to a break in the film pattern; tandem field motion detectors; an improved field based film detector; film pattern detectors and motion detectors used therewith which operate by performing end-of-field calculations; the combination of a field motion detector and a frame motion detector such that the frame motion detector provides a motion signal used as a verification by the field motion detector; an improved NTSC film detector requiring a minimum number of NTSC film pattern sequences; and an improved PAL film detector employing a minimum motion threshold detector.
Inventors
- 👤 Peter D. Swartz
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2026-11-09 11:17
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0112; H04N7/0115; H04N7/0117; H04N7/012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
422 words
A sawtooth based edit detector, comprising a moving edge detector portion, said moving edge detector portion including a horizontal transition detector receiving an input interlaced video signal and a signal indicating the presence of frame motion in the video signal at the detected transition and outputting a signal responsive only to horizontal moving edges, and a horizontal edge accumulator receiving said horizontal moving edges and outputting an indication of the number of horizontal moving edges during a portion of the video signal, and a sawtooth detector portion, said sawtooth detector portion receiving the outputs of two detectors indicating, respectively, that the interleaving of the first pair or the second pair of three consecutive interlaced fields would result in the production of a sawtooth artifact, and said sawtooth detector portion also receiving a signal indicating the pair of interlaced fields in a sequence of three fields that are merged when the video signal has a film source, said sawtooth detection portion comprising first and second sawtooth accumulators receiving the outputs of said two detectors, respectively, and each outputting an indication of the number of sawtooth artifacts having a minimum duration during said portion of the video signal, a first comparator and a first counter, the first comparator comparing the number of sawtooths from said first sawtooth accumulator to the number of horizontal moving edges, incrementing the first counter when a predetermined ratio is exceeded during said portion of the video signal, and resetting the first counter when said predetermined ratio is not exceeded during said portion of the video signal, a first threshold, said threshold outputting a first edit detect signal when said first counter reaches a predetermined count, a second comparator and a second counter receiving the number of sawtooths from said second sawtooth accumulator when the first sawtooth accumulator indicates the occurrence of any sawtooth artifacts in the field being sensed by the first sawtooth accumulator and otherwise receiving an input of 0, the second comparator comparing the number of sawtooths from said second sawtooth accumulator or 0 to the number of horizontal moving edges, incrementing the counter when a predetermined ratio is exceeded during said portion of the video signal, and resetting the counter when said predetermined ratio is not exceeded during said portion of the video signal, a second threshold, said second threshold outputting a second edit detect signal when said second counter reaches a predetermined count, an edit output outputting an edit signal upon the occurrence of said first edit detect signal or said second edit detect signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
422 words
A sawtooth based edit detector, comprising a moving edge detector portion, said moving edge detector portion including a horizontal transition detector receiving an input interlaced video signal and a signal indicating the presence of frame motion in the video signal at the detected transition and outputting a signal responsive only to horizontal moving edges, and a horizontal edge accumulator receiving said horizontal moving edges and outputting an indication of the number of horizontal moving edges during a portion of the video signal, and a sawtooth detector portion, said sawtooth detector portion receiving the outputs of two detectors indicating, respectively, that the interleaving of the first pair or the second pair of three consecutive interlaced fields would result in the production of a sawtooth artifact, and said sawtooth detector portion also receiving a signal indicating the pair of interlaced fields in a sequence of three fields that are merged when the video signal has a film source, said sawtooth detection portion comprising first and second sawtooth accumulators receiving the outputs of said two detectors, respectively, and each outputting an indication of the number of sawtooth artifacts having a minimum duration during said portion of the video signal, a first comparator and a first counter, the first comparator comparing the number of sawtooths from said first sawtooth accumulator to the number of horizontal moving edges, incrementing the first counter when a predetermined ratio is exceeded during said portion of the video signal, and resetting the first counter when said predetermined ratio is not exceeded during said portion of the video signal, a first threshold, said threshold outputting a first edit detect signal when said first counter reaches a predetermined count, a second comparator and a second counter receiving the number of sawtooths from said second sawtooth accumulator when the first sawtooth accumulator indicates the occurrence of any sawtooth artifacts in the field being sensed by the first sawtooth accumulator and otherwise receiving an input of 0, the second comparator comparing the number of sawtooths from said second sawtooth accumulator or 0 to the number of horizontal moving edges, incrementing the counter when a predetermined ratio is exceeded during said portion of the video signal, and resetting the counter when said predetermined ratio is not exceeded during said portion of the video signal, a second threshold, said second threshold outputting a second edit detect signal when said second counter reaches a predetermined count, an edit output outputting an edit signal upon the occurrence of said first edit detect signal or said second edit detect signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The sawtooth based edit detector of claim 1 wherein said portion of the video signal is one horizontal line.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The sawtooth based edit detector of claim 1 wherein said horizontal transition detector includes a delay, a low pass filter and a rectifier.
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