Abstract:
A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-flutter filtering and scaling of graphics. Anti-flutter filtering may help reduce display flicker due to the interlaced nature of television displays. The scaling of graphics may be used to convert the normally square pixel aspect ratio of graphics to the normally rectangular pixel aspect ratio of video.
Abstract:
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine readable media for pixel transformations. One exemplary method includes: determining a state of a pixel format transformation, wherein a pixel format includes a predetermined number of pixel data components and a predetermined number of bits for each of the pixel data components and wherein the state includes a source pixel format and a destination pixel format and at least one intermediate pixel format; converting pixel data in the source pixel format to pixel data in the intermediate pixel format; and converting the pixel data in the intermediate pixel format to pixel data in the destination pixel format. In certain embodiments, a method includes building and compiling a function, at run-time, for the pixel format transformation based upon the state.
Abstract:
A video, audio and graphics system uses multiple transport processors to receive in-band and out-of-band MPEG Transport streams, to perform PID and section filtering as well as DVB and DES decryption and to de-multiplex them. The system processes the PES into digital audio, MPEG video and message data. The system is capable of decoding multiple MPEG SLICEs concurrently. Graphics windows are blended in parallel, and blended with video using alpha blending. During graphics processing, a single-port SRAM is used equivalently as a dual-port SRAM. The video may include both analog video, e.g., NTSC/PAL/SECAM/S-video, and digital video, e.g., MPEG-2 video in SDTV or HDTV format. The system has a reduced memory mode in which video images are reduced in half in horizontal direction only during decoding. The system is capable of receiving and processing digital audio signals such as MPEG Layer 1 and Layer 2 audio and Dolby AC-3 audio, as well as PCM audio signals. The system includes a memory controller. The system includes a system bridge controller to interface a CPU with devices internal to the system as well as peripheral devices including PCI devices and I/O devices such as RAM, ROM and flash memory devices. The system is capable of displaying video and graphics in both the high definition (HD) mode and the standard definition (SD) mode. The system may output an HDTV video while converting the HDTV video and providing as another output having an SDTV format or another HDTV format.
Abstract:
Image quality adjustment of an inputted image signal is performed with higher accuracy to display a more preferable image to the user. An attribute information determining unit obtains first attribute information indicating the format of the inputted image signal and second attribute information indicating transmission characteristics of the image signal. An image quality adjustment value calculating unit calculates optimal image quality adjustment values for the image signal from the obtained first and second attribute information. An image processing unit adjusts the image quality of the image signal based on the optimal image quality adjustment values and then outputs the image to an image display. The second attribute information includes the bit rate, resolution, and frame rate of the image signal.
Abstract:
An edge enhancer for enhancing edges within a video image, forms an edge enhancement signal of odd harmonics of a sinusoid representative of the edge content in an incoming signal. The edge enhancement signal may be added to a version of the incoming signal, thereby sharpening the edge in the incoming signal. This allows edges to be enhanced, increasing the image's rise-time without adding overshoot. Sharper edges are thus produced in much the same way as a square wave may be formed of odd harmonics of a sinusoid.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus output a video signal in a format suitable for a TV. The method of outputting a video signal in a format suitable for a TV includes reading information from a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag attached to a TV receiver, extracting information regarding a TV output format from the read information, and outputting a video signal in the TV output format specified in the extracted information.
Abstract:
A method for transparently directing data in a multi-GPU system. A driver application receives a first plurality of graphics commands from a first graphics application and selects a first GPU from the multi-GPU system to exclusively process the first plurality of graphics commands. The first plurality of graphics commands is transmitted to the first GPU for processing and producing a first plurality of renderable data. The first plurality of renderable data is stored in a first frame buffer associated with the first GPU. A second plurality of graphics commands is received from a second graphics application and a second GPU is selected to exclusively process the second plurality of graphics commands. The second GPU processing the second plurality of graphics commands produces a second plurality of renderable data. The second plurality of renderable data is stored in a second frame buffer associated with the second GPU.
Abstract:
A video processing device may comprise one or more processors and/or circuits for use in a video processing device, in which the one or more processors and/or circuits may comprise a video scaler, a memory, a scaler engine, a clock selection circuit. The one or more processors and/or circuits are operable to receive a video image and select a video input clock or a display output clock for upscaling the received video image, or select the video input clock or the display output clock for downscaling the received video image based on a determination of whether the video image is to be downscaled or upscaled. The one or more circuits may be operable to downscale the received video image to generate a first scaled video image, and/or upscale the received video image to generate a second scaled video image, based on the selection.
Abstract:
An organic light emitting display includes a mode determining unit adapted to determine whether the display is in a low power or common driving mode based on an operation control signal and to generate a control signal corresponding to the determined mode, a scan driver adapted to sequentially supply scan signals to scan lines, a data driver adapted to supply data signals to data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, pixels arranged at intersections of the scan lines and the data lines, and a timing controller adapted to control the scan driver and the data driver so that a frame frequency changes based on whether the low power driving mode or the common driving mode control signal is supplied from the mode determining unit, wherein the scan driver is adapted to uniformly maintain a pulse width of the scan signals regardless of a change in the frame frequency.
Abstract:
A communication card includes a controller configured to forward a request to a device external to the communication card. The controller is further configured to receive HDMI status information associated with at least one HDMI port in response to the request.