公开(公告)号：US20130050572A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-28

申请号：US13216747

申请日：2011-08-24

申请人： Philip L. Swan ,  Stephen J. Orr

发明人： Philip L. Swan ,  Stephen J. Orr

IPC分类号： H04N7/01

CPC分类号： H04N7/0127 ,  H04N7/014 ,  H04N2213/008

摘要： A method and apparatus adaptively creates a dropped frame rate converted frame from a plurality of source frames using at least one alternate support frame in lieu of neighboring source frame, in response to corrupted picture identification information. Stated another way, a frame rate converter, in response to corrupted picture indication information, replaces at least one corrupted source frame with a temporally modified frame created from at least one alternate source frame. The corrupted picture identification information indicates that a source frame, or segment thereof, includes at least one corrupted or dropped source frame (or segment thereof). Accordingly, although a source frame has been dropped or is corrupted, the frame rate converter does not base its output on a repeated frame or a corrupted frame output by a decoder and instead utilizes other non-neighboring source images as though they were neighboring frames, instead of using a repeated frame or corrupted frame.

摘要翻译： 响应于损坏的图像识别信息，方法和装置使用至少一个替代支持帧代替相邻源帧从多个源帧自适应地创建丢弃的帧速率转换帧。 换句话说，帧速率转换器响应于损坏的图像指示信息，用至少一个替代源帧创建的具有时间上修改的帧替换至少一个损坏的源帧。 损坏的图像识别信息指示源帧或其片段包括至少一个损坏或丢弃的源帧（或其片段）。 因此，虽然源帧已经被丢弃或被破坏，但是帧速率转换器不将其输出设置在由解码器输出的重复帧或损坏的帧上，而是使用其他非相邻源图像，就像它们是相邻帧一样， 而不是使用重复的帧或损坏的帧。

公开(公告)号：US20130003870A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-03

申请号：US13174873

申请日：2011-07-01

申请人： Philip L. Swan ,  Christopher L. Spencer

发明人： Philip L. Swan ,  Christopher L. Spencer

IPC分类号： H04N7/26

CPC分类号： H04N19/436 ,  H04N19/43

摘要： Methods and apparatus for accelerating the processing of image data are disclosed that are particularly useful in conducting graphical pattern searches. Embodiments of the invention conduct and implement comparative calculations of reference and search image pel data on a multi-pel comparative basis, particularly, sum of the absolute differences (SAD) based calculation comparisons.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于加速图像数据处理的方法和装置，其在进行图形模式搜索时特别有用。 本发明的实施例在多像素比较基础上进行和执行参考和搜索图像像素数据的比较计算，特别是基于绝对差（SAD）的计算比较的和。

公开(公告)号：US06710819B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-23

申请号：US09790955

申请日：2001-02-22

申请人： Philip L. Swan

发明人： Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： H04N521

CPC分类号： H04N7/0132 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G2310/0224 ,  G09G2320/0247

摘要： A method and a system for improved filtering of display data is disclosed herein. A display system may be used to separately filter display components of the display data based on frequency content of the display components. The display system can include a display data source, a digital image processor, and a display. The display system receives display data from the display data source. The frequency content of a plurality of display components in the display data is determined by the digital image processor. The digital image processor filters the plurality of display components based on the associated frequency content. In at least one embodiment, display components having lower frequency content are filtered to minimize flicker, while display components having higher frequency content are filtered to maximize resolution. The filtered display data is then transmitted to the display.

摘要翻译： 本文公开了一种用于改进显示数据过滤的方法和系统。 显示系统可以用于基于显示组件的频率内容分别过滤显示数据的显示组件。 显示系统可以包括显示数据源，数字图像处理器和显示器。 显示系统从显示数据源接收显示数据。 显示数据中的多个显示组件的频率内容由数字图像处理器确定。 数字图像处理器基于相关联的频率内容来过滤多个显示部件。 在至少一个实施例中，对具有较低频率内容的显示组件进行滤波以最小化闪烁，同时对具有较高频率内容的显示组件进行滤波以最大化分辨率。 然后将经过滤的显示数据发送到显示器。

公开(公告)号：US06690427B2

公开(公告)日：2004-02-10

申请号：US09772035

申请日：2001-01-29

申请人： Philip L. Swan

发明人： Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： H04N701

CPC分类号： H04N7/012 ,  G09G5/395 ,  G09G2310/0224 ,  G09G2310/0229 ,  G09G2320/0247 ,  G09G2320/0261 ,  G09G2320/106 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2340/0414 ,  G09G2340/0421 ,  H04N5/4401 ,  H04N7/0137

摘要： The television system for displaying images on a television display has a source of a series of video fields. An active de-interlacer receives first field data from a first field of the series of video fields and second field data from a second field of the series of video fields, and produces de-interlaced data and control data. A format converter has a vertical scaler then directly receives the de-interlaced data and produces vertically scaled data therefrom. The format converter also has a re-interlacer that receives the vertically scaled data and the control data, and produces a re-interlaced frame. A horizontal scaler is connected to receive the re-interlaced frame and to produce therefrom a horizontally scaled re-interlaced frame. Display drivers receive the horizontally scaled re-interlaced fame and produce therefrom television display signals for forming images on a television, a high definition television of other type of television display.

摘要翻译： 用于在电视显示器上显示图像的电视系统具有一系列视频场的来源。 主动去隔行扫描器从该系列视频场的第二场中的第一场视频场和第二场数据的第一场接收第一场数据，并产生去隔行数据和控制数据。 格式转换器具有垂直缩放器，然后直接接收去隔行数据并从其产生垂直缩放的数据。 格式转换器还具有接收垂直缩放的数据和控制数据的再隔行扫描器，并产生重隔行帧。 连接水平缩放器以接收重隔行的帧并由其产生水平缩放的重隔行帧。 显示器驱动器接收水平缩放的重隔行成名并产生用于在电视上形成图像的电视显示信号，其它类型的电视显示器的高分辨率电视机。

公开(公告)号：US06678006B1

公开(公告)日：2004-01-13

申请号：US09004022

申请日：1998-01-07

申请人： Robertson Velez ,  David Yeh ,  Philip L. Swan ,  David Glen

发明人： Robertson Velez ,  David Yeh ,  Philip L. Swan ,  David Glen

IPC分类号： H04N5445

CPC分类号： H04N5/45 ,  H04N7/0117 ,  H04N21/42646 ,  H04N21/4316 ,  H04N21/4402

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing DVD video data and sub-picture data is accomplished by storing a line of DVD video data and at least a partially decoded portion of DVD sub-picture data. The partially decoded DVD sub-picture data is still in an encoded format, which may be two bits per pixel, but line information has been decoded from the DVD subpicture data stream. Once stored, the DVD video data is retrieved from the memory and scaled to produce scaled video data. Similarly, the partially decoded sub-picture data is retrieved from memory, further decoded, and scaled to produce scaled sub-picture data. The scaled video data is blended with the scaled sub-picture data to produce a video output.

摘要翻译： 用于处理DVD视频数据和子图像数据的方法和装置通过存储DVD视频数据的一行和DVD副图像数据的至少部分解码部分来实现。 部分解码的DVD子图像数据仍然是编码格式，其可以是每像素两位，但是线信息已经从DVD子图数据流解码。 一旦存储，则从存储器中检索DVD视频数据并对其进行缩放以产生缩放的视频数据。 类似地，从存储器检索部分解码的子图像数据，进一步解码和缩放以产生缩放的子图像数据。 缩放的视频数据与缩放的子画面数据混合以产生视频输出。

公开(公告)号：US06304297B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US09119872

申请日：1998-07-21

申请人： Philip L. Swan

发明人： Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： H04N701

CPC分类号： G06F3/1415 ,  G09G5/393 ,  G09G5/399 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2340/0435

摘要： A method and apparatus for manipulating the display update rate of video signals to minimize the adverse visual effects caused by adding or deleting frames begins by determining a need value for manipulation of the display update rate. The need value corresponds to increasing drift between the display update rate and the refresh rate. As such, as the drift increases between the display update rate and the refresh rate, the need value increases correspondingly. Next, an appropriateness value for manipulation of the display update rate is determined based on image content. In essence, the appropriateness value is determining whether, if a frame addition or deletion were to occur, would it occur at a point that would produce minimal adverse visual effects. Based on a relationship between the need value and the appropriateness value, the display update rate is manipulated by adding or deleting a frame. The relationship generally provides that as the need value increases, the appropriateness value required decreases.

摘要翻译： 用于操纵视频信号的显示更新率以最小化由添加或删除帧引起的不利视觉效果的方法和装置开始于确定用于操纵显示更新率的需要值。 需要值对应于显示更新率和刷新率之间的漂移增加。 因此，随着显示更新率和刷新率之间的漂移增加，需求值相应地增加。 接下来，基于图像内容确定用于操纵显示更新率的适当值。 实质上，适当的价值在于确定是否发生帧添加或删除，是否会在产生最小的不利视觉效果的点发生。 根据需要值和适当值之间的关系，通过添加或删除帧来操纵显示更新率。 关系通常规定，随着需求值的增加，所需的适当性值减少。

公开(公告)号：US06297832B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-02

申请号：US09224692

申请日：1999-01-04

申请人： Carl K. Mizuyabu ,  Paul Chow ,  Philip L. Swan ,  Chun Wang

发明人： Carl K. Mizuyabu ,  Paul Chow ,  Philip L. Swan ,  Chun Wang

IPC分类号： G06G5399

CPC分类号： G06T1/60 ,  G06T15/005 ,  G09G5/39 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2360/12 ,  G09G2360/122 ,  G09G2360/123

摘要： A method and apparatus for sequencing memory accesses in a video graphics system such that page faults are effectively hidden is accomplished by receiving a memory access request from one of a plurality of clients, where the plurality of clients includes both linear clients and tiled memory clients. The clients access data stored in a memory that includes at least two banks. Once the memory request has been received, it is evaluated based on other pending requests in order to determine the optimal ordering pattern for execution of the memory requests. The optimal ordering pattern typically includes sequencing alternating accesses between the two banks of the memory such that when a page fault is occurring in one bank of the memory, a memory access is occurring in the opposing bank. Once the ordering of the memory requests has been performed, the requests are executed.

摘要翻译： 一种用于对视频图形系统中的存储器访问进行排序的方法和装置，使得页面错误被有效地隐藏是通过从多个客户端之一接收存储器访问请求来实现的，其中多个客户端包括线性客户端和平铺存储器客户端。 客户端访问存储在包含至少两个存储体的存储器中的数据。 一旦接收到存储器请求，就基于其他挂起的请求来评估存储器请求，以便确定用于执行存储器请求的最佳排序模式。 最优排序模式通常包括在存储器的两个存储体之间对交替访问进行排序，使得当在存储器的一个存储体中发生页面错误时，在相对的存储体中发生存储器访问。 一旦执行了存储器请求的排序，就执行请求。

公开(公告)号：US06297831B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-02

申请号：US09712339

申请日：2000-11-13

申请人： Philip L. Swan

发明人： Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： G06F1500

CPC分类号： G09G5/42 ,  G09G3/003 ,  G09G5/001 ,  G09G5/363 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2360/121 ,  G09G2360/122

摘要： A graphics system is used with a display capable of displaying a frame of an image via a sequence of scan lines. The graphics system has a memory and an image generator. The image generator is connected to store the data associated with some of the scan lines of the frame in a region of the memory, and before all of the data is retrieved from the region, store other data associated with another scan line in the region. The graphics system also has a display interface that is connected to retrieve the data associated with some of the scan lines from the region and use the data to form some of the scan lines on the display. The display interface is also connected to use the other data to form the next scan line in the sequence after the other scan lines are formed.

摘要翻译： 图形系统与能够通过扫描线序列显示图像帧的显示器一起使用。 图形系统具有存储器和图像生成器。 图像生成器被连接以存储与存储器的区域中的帧的一些扫描线相关联的数据，并且在从该区域检索所有数据之前，存储与该区域中的另一个扫描线相关联的其他数据。 图形系统还具有连接以从该区域检索与一些扫描线相关联的数据的显示接口，并使用该数据在显示器上形成一些扫描线。 在形成其他扫描线之后，显示接口也被连接以使用其他数据以顺序形成下一扫描线。

公开(公告)号：US06269484B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-31

申请号：US08876031

申请日：1997-06-24

申请人： Biljana D. Simsic ,  Philip L. Swan

发明人： Biljana D. Simsic ,  Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： H04N701

CPC分类号： H04N7/012

摘要： One embodiment of a de-interlacing device has a decoder that extracts decoding motion vector data for use in de-interlacing of decompressed picture data, from an MPEG-2 type compressed data stream containing interlaced decompressed picture data made up of macroblock of data. The de-interlacing device also has a video rendering device for receiving the extracted decoding motion vector data from the decoder. The decoder has a determinator for determining whether the macroblock of data contains motion based on the decoding motion vector data and at least a subset of the block of data. The decoder generates motion vector based de-interlacing information containing information indicating whether each macroblock contains motion or no motion and if desired, a level of confidence that the referenced data is suitable for a particular method of de-interlacing. The video rendering device de-interlaces the interlaced picture data on a macroblock of data basis by applying an adaptive motion filtering algorithm to the interlaced picture data for display on the progressive display device.

摘要翻译： 解交错装置的一个实施例具有解码器，其从包含由数据宏块组成的隔行解压缩图像数据的MPEG-2型压缩数据流中提取用于解压缩图像数据的去隔行扫描的解码运动矢量数据。 去隔行装置还具有用于从解码器接收所提取的解码运动矢量数据的视频呈现装置。 解码器具有用于基于解码运动矢量数据和数据块的至少子集来确定数据宏块是否包含运动的确定器。 解码器产生基于运动矢量的去隔行信息，其包含指示每个宏块是否包含运动或不运动的信息，并且如果需要，所引用的数据适合于去隔行扫描的特定方法的置信度。 视频呈现装置通过对隔行扫描图像数据应用自适应运动滤波算法在逐行显示装置上显示在数据的宏块上去隔行隔行图像数据。

公开(公告)号：US06181354B2

公开(公告)日：2001-01-30

申请号：US08795538

申请日：1997-02-06

申请人： Philip L. Swan

发明人： Philip L. Swan

IPC分类号： G06F1576

CPC分类号： G09G5/42 ,  G09G3/003 ,  G09G5/001 ,  G09G5/363 ,  G09G2340/02 ,  G09G2360/121 ,  G09G2360/122

摘要： A graphics system is used with a display capable of displaying a frame of an image via a sequence of scan lines. The graphics system has a memory and an image generator. The image generator is connected to store the data associated with some of the scan lines of the frame in a region of the memory, and before all of the data is retrieved from the region, store other data associated with another scan line in the region. The graphics system also has a display interface that is connected to retrieve the data associated with some of the scan lines from the region and use the data to form some of the scan lines on the display. The display interface is also connected to use the other data to form the next scan line in the sequence after the other scan lines are formed.