Technique for determining the slope of a field pixel

Details Technique for determining the slope of a field pixel Technique for determining the slope of a field pixel

2006-07-18

2006-07-18

Natnael, Paulos M. (Department: 2614)

Television

Format conversion

Line doublers type

Reexamination Certificate

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07079190

ABSTRACT:
A technique for determining the slope of a field pixel is described. According to the technique, one or more sets of diagonal field pixels are downscaled (or downsampled) before they are provided to respective edge detector circuits. By downscaling the sets of diagonal field pixels before they are provided to respective detector circuits, the edge detector circuits detect diagonal edges and, in particular, shallow diagonal edges with greater accuracy. As such, the slopes assigned to the field pixels are more likely to be correct. This ultimately results in a high quality progressive video signal that can be used to generate an image that is completely or substantially free from objectionable artifacts.

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