Abstract:
In an apparatus for resizing an image, comprising interpolation filter means for receiving a stream of input pixels having a predetermined sampling period P and a first sampling rate of S pixels/lines, and interpolating the stream of input pixels at a predetermined interpolation rate for generating a first derived sample stream of pixels having a further sampling period (M/(CL))P and a second sampling rate of T pixels/lines, where L is a first positive integer greater than one, C is a positive integer and M is smaller than CL, and where either 2.sup.n M/CL or 2.sup.-n M/CL is equal to time step increment M/L and the absolute value of n is at least equal to zero, and octave filtering means having a predetermined sampling rate which is related to the interpolation rate of the interpolation filter, for receiving the first derived sample stream of pixels and in response generating a stream of filtered output pixels having a sample period of (M/L)P, the improvement comprising means within the interpolation filter means for aligning the stream of input pixels and the first derived stream of sampled pixels at the boundaries of the image.
Abstract:
A digital filter characterized by a plurality of filter coefficients, positive ones of the coefficients being represented by unsigned binary integers and negative ones of the coefficients being represented by 2's complement binary integers, comprising an input for receiving a digital input signal comprising a first predetermined number of bits; means for truncating or rounding at least one leading "0" or trailing "0" of the positive ones of the coefficients and at least one leading "1" or trailing "0" of the negative ones of the coefficients, such that significance of the integers is removed; means for successively delaying the digital input signal to produce successively delayed versions of the digital input signal; means for multiplying the successively delayed versions of the digital input signal by respective ones of the truncated representations of the respective ones of the plurality of filter coefficients and in response generating a plurality of intermediate product integers; means for restoring significance to the intermediate product integers; and means for summing the intermediate product integers and in response generating a digital output signal.
Abstract:
A decimator for effecting a X:1 decimation, where X=is any positive integer greater than 1, comprising a FIR filter for receiving and filtering an input stream of data bits and in response generating a like number of filtered output data bits; and a hold circuit for sampling and outputting every Xth one of the filtered output data bits.
Abstract:
In a multi-rate digital signal processing system for re-sizing an image in at least two segments using at least two symmetric T-tap digital filters each having T kernel-function weighting coefficients, where T is an odd plural integer, a first one of the segments being characterized by a first plurality of unfiltered pixels and second adjacent one of the segments being characterized by a second plurality of unfiltered pixels, a predetermined one of the unfiltered pixels being common to both the first and the second plurality at the image boundary of the two segments, the improvement comprising a method of seamlessly extending the image across the image boundary, comprising the steps of multiplying the (T-1)/2 of the first plurality and the second plurality of the unfiltered pixels adjacent the predetermined one of the pixels by two times respective ones of the kernel function weighting coefficients for generating the first and second mirrored half kernel intermediate multiplication products; multiplying the predetermined one of the pixels by a center-tap kernel-function weighting coefficient of the digital filter to generate an additional intermediate multiplication product; adding the first mirrored half-kernel intermediate multiplication products and the additional intermediate multiplication product to generate a first segment estimated boundary filtered output pixel; adding the second mirrored half-kernel intermediate multiplication products and the additional intermediate multiplication product to generate a second segment estimated boundary filtered output pixel; and averaging the first segment estimated boundary filtered output pixel and the segment.