High resolution translation of images
First Claim
1. A translator for creating, from a first sequence of fields, a second sequence of fields, where each sequence of fields represents the same series of images of a motion picture, each image being at a single point in time of the motion picture, the first sequence comprising a plurality of groups of plural fields where each group represents a different single one of said images, each field of the first sequence comprising a first number of lines per field and each field of the second sequence comprising a second number of lines per field where the first and second numbers of lines differ, the translator comprising:
- means for analyzing the first sequence of fields to determine which of the fields belong in the same said group representing a single image;
means for selecting such fields for spatial interpolation from the first sequence that are determined to be in the same group of fields representing a single image; and
means for spatially interpolating the lines of the selected fields of the first sequence to derive the lines of at least one of the fields of the second sequence.
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Abstract
A method of and translator for translating a series of groups of video fields into a new series of groups of video fields, where each group represents lines of a single image at a single point in time of a moving picture. A representation of each of a series of the single images representing a moving picture is created from within the group of fields representing each such single image.
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37 Claims
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1. A translator for creating, from a first sequence of fields, a second sequence of fields, where each sequence of fields represents the same series of images of a motion picture, each image being at a single point in time of the motion picture, the first sequence comprising a plurality of groups of plural fields where each group represents a different single one of said images, each field of the first sequence comprising a first number of lines per field and each field of the second sequence comprising a second number of lines per field where the first and second numbers of lines differ, the translator comprising:
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means for analyzing the first sequence of fields to determine which of the fields belong in the same said group representing a single image; means for selecting such fields for spatial interpolation from the first sequence that are determined to be in the same group of fields representing a single image; and means for spatially interpolating the lines of the selected fields of the first sequence to derive the lines of at least one of the fields of the second sequence. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A translator for creating, from a first sequence of fields, a second sequence of fields, where each sequence of fields represents the same series of images of a motion picture, each said image being at a single point in time of the motion picture, the first sequence comprising a plurality of groups of plural fields where each group represents a different single one of said images, each field of the first sequence comprising a first number of lines per field and each field of the second sequence comprising a second number of lines per field, the translator comprising:
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means for determining which of the fields belong in the same said group representing a single image, and for selecting such fields for spatial interpolation from the first sequence that are determined to be in the same group of fields representing a single image; and means for spatially interpolating the lines of the selected fields of the first sequence to derive the lines of at least one of the fields of the second sequence. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. The translator for conveying between first and second video image formats where, in the first video image format, there is a series of video fields in first groups, the first groups having different numbers of the fields and the fields of each first group representing a portion of the lines of a single image at a single point in time in a series of the images, the translator comprising:
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means for selecting the field group comprising at least one field from the same field group from each of a series of the first field group; means for spatially interpolating lines represented in the same group of each of a series of said field groups to form interpolated lines; and means for forming a series of second field groups representing lines, the lines represented in each such second field group representing lines obtained by the means for spatially interpolating from the same field group. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A translator for converting between first and second video image formats where, in the first video image format, there is a series of video fields arranged into first groups of such fields, the first groups having different numbers of the fields and the fields of each first group each representing a portion of the lines of a single image at a single point in time in a series of the images, the number of fields making up the series of first groups repeating in a pattern, a unique cadence number being assigned to each field so as to indicate fields in each repeated pattern, the translator comprising:
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means for receiving the series of video fields; means for providing an indication of the cadence number for each said received field in each said repeated pattern; means for using the cadence numbers for selecting fields from each of a series of such first groups which represent one of the single images; and means for forming a representation of the single image for each of a series of the first group from the selected fields from such groups. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A translator for creating, from a first sequence of fields, a second sequence of fields, where each sequence of fields represents the same series of images of a motion picture, each image being at a single point in time of the motion picture, the first sequence comprising a plurality of groups of plural fields where each group represents a different single one of said images, each field of the first sequence comprising a first number of lines per field and each field of the second sequence comprising a second number of lines per field, the translator comprising:
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means for determining which of the fields in the first sequence belong in the same said group representing a single image and for selecting such fields from the first sequence that are determined to be in the same group of fields representing a single image; and means for deriving from each of the selected fields a different group of the fields in the second sequence each group of fields in the second sequence representing the same single image as the group of fields from which it is derived. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A translator for converting a series of groups of video fields, where the number of fields per group varies in the series and the fields in each group represent lines of a single image at a single point in time of a motion picture, the translator comprising:
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means for supplying a series of groups of video fields; and means for creating a representation of each single image in the series of the single images representing a motion picture, the representation of each single image being created from within substantially only the group of fields representing such single image. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for translation between first and second video image formats having first and second different numbers of lines, respectively, where, in the first video image format there is a series of video fields in the first groups, the first groups having alternating numbers of the fields of twos and threes, and each first group representing a single image at a single point in time in a series of the images, the method comprising the steps of:
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dropping a field from each first group having three fields; selecting a field group comprising two fields from the same field from each of a series of the first field groups; forming the fields in each same field group in the series into a rebuilt video frame having the same number of lines as the first video image format; spatially interpolating lines represented in each rebuilt video frame from interpolated lines having a second number of lines; and forming a series of second field groups representing lines, each second field group having two fields having one-half the second number of lines, the lines represented in each such second field group representing lines obtained in the stp of spatially interpolating from each rebuilt video frame, respectively.
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