摘要:
Method of integrating 30 or 60 frame/s format material and 60 field/s 2:1 interlace scan format digital video signal to produce a 60 field/s 2:1 interlace scan format digital video signal by producing a progressive scan format digital video signal from the format material, converting the progressive scan format digital video signal to a 60 field/s 2:1 interlace scan format digital video signal and combining the converted signal with the 60 field/s interlace scan format digital video signal.
摘要:
A system for integrating film material with a digital video signal employs a film scanner to produce a digital video signal from the source film, and a post production system for combining with that signal the input digital video signal. Motion interpolated temporal compensation is employed at stages of frame rate conversion.
摘要:
A system for integrating film material with a digital video signal employs a film scanner to produce a digital video signal from the source film, and a post production system for combining with that signal the input digital video signal. Motion interpolated temporal compensation is employed at stages of frame rate conversion.
摘要:
Motion compensated video signal processing apparatus for interpolating an output image of an output video signal from a corresponding pair of temporally adjacent input images of an input video signal comprises: means for generating a plurality of local motion vectors to represent image motion of respective search blocks of one input image of the pair between that image and the other image of the pair; means for detecting blocks of the output image pointed to by each local motion vector; means for assigning a group of motion vectors to each block of the output image, the group being selected from a set of motion vectors comprising at least those local motion vectors pointing to that block of the output image; and a motion compensated interpolator for interpolating pixels of each block of the output image from the pair of input images, using a motion vector from the group assigned to that block.
摘要:
Motion compensated video signal processing apparatus comprises a subsampler for horizontally subsampling an input digital video signal, to generate a subsampled video signal; a motion vector processor for generating motion vectors from the subsampled video signal; and a motion compensated video processor for processing the input digital video signal according to the motion vectors, to generate an output digital video signal.
摘要:
An input digital video signal representing a series of input frames with at least some of the input frames each having a first picture portion having a first acquisition characteristic (such as 60 Hz, 2:1) and a second picture portion having a second acquisition characteristic (such as 30 Hz, 1:1) is processed to produce an output video signal representing a series of output frames having generally the same acquisition characteristic (such as 24 Hz, 1:1). The method comprises the steps of distinguishing between the first and second picture portions in the input frames (for example by determining the difference between input fields (a.sub.1, a.sub.2 ; a.sub.3, a.sub.4 ; . . . ) of a pair, or by detecting a key signal accompanying the input video signal) and processing the first and second picture portions differently to produce the output frames.
摘要:
Motion compensated video signal processing apparatus, in which motion vectors are generated to represent image motion between a pair of input images of an input video signal, comprises means for comparing search blocks within one of the pair of input images with respective search areas, comprising a plurality of blocks, in the other of the pair of input images, to generate a first plurality of original correlation surfaces, each comprising an array of correlation values representing correlation between the respective search block and search area; means for generating a second plurality of interpolated correlation surfaces by interpolation from the original correlation surfaces; and means for generating a respective motion vector from each interpolated correlation surface, in dependence on a point of maximum correlation in that interpolated correlation surface.
摘要:
In order to simulate, on set or on location, a subsequent video to film conversion process, an input interlaced video signal is converted in any of a variety of ways to a progressive scan format video signal, and then interlaced fields of the progressive scan format frames are displayed on a video monitor or view finder.
摘要:
A motion compensation technique for color video signals involves deriving at least one principal component from the video signals by means of a hotelling transform circuit and a matrix, and applying motion compensation to an interpolator (or to a compressor/decompressor) on the basis of the derived principal component. The technique avoids the need to provide three separate compensation circuits for each of the video signals while ensuring that optimum use is made of the color information in the video signals.
摘要:
A method of processing a digital video signal to derive motion vectors representing motion between successive fields or frames of the video signal comprises compares the contents of blocks of pixels in a first field or frame of the video signal with the contents of a plurality of blocks of pixels in a following field or frame, and produces for each block in the first field or frame a correlation surface representing the difference between the contents so compared in the two fields or frames. A grown correlation surface is produced for each block in the first field or frame by weighting the correlation surfaces for that block and a plurality of other blocks in an area around that block so as to accentuate features of the correlation surface for that block relative to those for the other blocks, and summing the weighted correlation surfaces. From each grown correlation surface, a motion vector is derived representing the motion of the content of the corresponding block between the two frames in dependence upon a minimum difference value represented by the grown correlation surface.