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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8169544 | Image processing apparatus and method To eliminate a signal deviation that occurs when scaling processing is performed on image data including multiple signals having different data rates, there is provided an image processing apparatus which performs scaling processing on image data including multiple ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8111331 | Image resizer and resizing method An apparatus embodiment is operative to scale video and includes an input buffer coupled to a real time source of video data and configured to hold a number of lines of video, a horizontal resizer coupled to the input buffer to resize lines of image data, outputting... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8072544 | Video output apparatus and control method thereof There is provided a video output apparatus which inputs a video content that can have at least three different resolutions. A format detector detects an alteration of a resolution of a video content. A scaling processor scales up the video content at a set scale rat... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7995146 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scaling converter, a luminance histogram detector, a determination module, and a super resolution processor. The scaling converter converts a first image signal to a second image signal having mor... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7956930 | Resampling and picture resizing operations for multi-resolution video coding and decoding Techniques and tools for high accuracy position calculation for picture resizing in applications such as spatially-scalable video coding and decoding are described. In one aspect, resampling of a video picture is performed according to a resampling scale factor. The... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7944507 | Video processing apparatus and video processing method A video processing apparatus includes: a reception module configured to selectively receive signals; a signal processing module configured to perform signal processing on a signal received by the reception module; a video processor configured to process the signal p... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7782401 | Method and system for digital image scaling with sharpness enhancement and transient improvement An image scaling system includes a single set of line buffers that receive and store input image pixel data in an input video frame. The scaling system also includes a linear two-dimensional sharpness enhancement unit configured to receive input pixel data from the ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7671924 | Method and device for scaling a two-dimensional image A scaling device for video displays includes a limited number of line buffers and produces stable output frames by using a stable clock source to produce the output image clock. The scaling device further includes an error counter for determining an error between an... | 03/02/2010 |
| RE41104 | Information processing apparatus and display control method When the fact that the display mode of motion picture data is a full screen mode is detected, the display control mode for sending a video signal generated by a graphics controller to an LCD is switched from a normal mode for sending the video signal to the LCD with... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7646433 | User selectable image scaling Disclosed are a system and method of processing image data for presentation of an image on a display. In particular, image data may be transformed and/or mapped for presentation on a display based, at least in part, on a user preference. ... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7626638 | Apparatus and method for processing video signal According to one embodiment, an input analog video signal is digitized, and an OSD signal to which a second scaling process is performed is added to the digital video signal to which a first scaling process is performed. At this point, display modes of the digital v... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7609326 | Image scaler and method of the same An image scaler includes a horizontal downscaler, a horizontal upscaler, and a vertical scaling unit. The horizontal downscaler is configured in front of the vertical scaling unit and the horizontal upscaler is configured in back of the vertical scaling unit, so as ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7583323 | Method and apparatus for scaling image block An image scaling method for calculating a pixel value of a target pixel within a scaled image block is disclosed. The method includes selecting a plurality of reference pixels from the image block, wherein each reference pixel has a pixel value and corresponds to a ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7570306 | Pre-compensation of high frequency component in a video scaler A video scaling process system, wherein the high frequency components of the input video sequence are compensated for, prior to video scaling. The video scaling system includes a pre-compensator for compensation of the high frequency components of the input video se... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7551230 | Device and method for producing coefficient seed data used for format conversion, and information-providing medium therefore The present invention relates to an information signal processor and the like preferable for use in the case of converting a format of an image signal or converting an image size. An input image signal Vin (525i signal) is converted into an output image signal Vout ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7528889 | System, method, and apparatus for displaying streams with dynamically changing formats A system and method for displaying frames with dynamically changing display parameters is described herein. The display engine stores new display parameters detected by the decoder in one buffer of a ping pong buffer, while continuing to use another set of display p... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7489363 | Method of scaling partial area of main picture The present invention provides a method of scaling a partial area of a main picture, by which the partial area of the main picture can be magnified in a manner of scaling the partial area of the picture displayed on a screen like using a virtual magnifier without em... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7477323 | Method and system for digital image magnification and reduction An image scaling system for converting a sampling rate of an input video signal comprising input pixel data to produce a magnified or reduced output video image comprising output pixel data includes a first one-dimensional image scaler comprising a single-stage fini... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7453521 | Information processing apparatus and display control method When the fact that the display mode of motion picture data is a full screen mode is detected, the display control mode for sending a video signal generated by a graphics controller to an LCD is switched from a normal mode for sending the video signal to the LCD with... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446820 | Methods and apparatus for re-scaling image by variable re-scaling factor using B-spline interpolator A method includes receiving a sequence of input samples that represents a row of pixels in an image. The method further includes selecting a re-scaling factor for at least a portion of the row of pixels. The method further includes determining a phase offset based o... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440036 | Television receiver that produces a contracted image Even when a user is by the immediate side of a screen of a large screen television receiver such as a plasma TV receiver, the user can view an image displayed on the screen entirely by contracting the image to be displayed, and power consumption of the television re... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7432983 | Moving-picture processing method and moving-picture processing apparatus with metadata processing A moving-picture processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire metadata including information about each temporal region in an input moving picture with a plurality of temporal regions, a decision unit configured to determine a cutout regio... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428019 | System and method for increasing space or time resolution in video A system and method for increasing space or time resolution of an image sequence by combination of a plurality input sources with different space-time resolutions such that the single output displays increased accuracy and clarity without the calculation of motion v... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423695 | Displaying an intended video image Techniques for displaying an intended video image are described herein. One exemplary method ascertains whether an image generated from a video signal is to be cropped. Based upon whether the image is to be cropped, the method selectively takes an action to enhance ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420620 | Multi-picture display with a secondary high definition picture window having an adjustable aspect ratio Systems and methods for presenting high definition display signals in secondary windows of a display are disclosed. In one embodiment, the aspect ratio of a high definition content secondary window is adjustable. The high definition content secondary window may be a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7411628 | Method and system for scaling, filtering, scan conversion, panoramic scaling, YC adjustment, and color conversion in a display controller Techniques for performing panoramic scaling are disclosed that reduce visible distortion in a panoramic image. Further, techniques for performing combined YC adjustment and color conversion are disclosed that reduce the size and power requirements of video manipulat... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408589 | Video signal processing circuit, video display, and display driving device Provided is a video signal processing circuit capable, in a scale conversion, of rendering a circuit scale small and alleviating a deterioration of a vertical resolution. A vertical scaler is provided with a function of increasing the number of scanning lines of an ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408590 | Combined scaling, filtering, and scan conversion Techniques for performing combined scaling, filtering, and/or scan conversion are disclosed that reduce that amount of line buffer space required in the overall design of a video processing system. In particular, coefficients from all or a sub-set of the scaling, fi... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403235 | Integrated circuit and information signal processing apparatus having multiple processing portions An image signal processing apparatus having three processing portions. A first processing portion generates a motion class that corresponds to a target position in an output image signal based on an input image signal. A second portion generates a space class corres... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400360 | Device for simultaneous display of video at two resolutions with different fractions of active regions An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a decoded video signal. The second circuit may be configured to generate (i) a first video output signal having a first resolution and (ii) a second video s... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394501 | Information display apparatus and display control method An information processing apparatus is disclosed that comprises a display device, first and a second display controllers, and a switch. The first display controller converts an externally input first video signal into a second video signal which can be displayed on ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7385650 | Device and method for processing image signal, program for performing the method, and computer-readable medium for recording the program A device for processing an image signal that can improve an image quality of a zoom image, in which based on an input image signal, an image-signal-processing section produces an output image signal to display the zoom image with an expansion rate of an image being ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375767 | Method of converting resolution of video signals and apparatus using the same A method converts a resolution of video signals, the method including: calculating up-sampling and down-sampling ratios based on a resolution of an input video signal and a desired resolution of an output video signal; calculating a number of filter tabs by multiply... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369157 | Video monitoring system using daisy chain A video monitoring system using daisy chain is disclosed. The video monitoring system can display a multiplexed image consisting of four or more pictures by bypassing video signals captured by a plurality of video cameras through several stages. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365757 | Method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system A method and apparatus for independent video and graphics scaling in a video graphics system is accomplished by receiving a video data stream, wherein the video data stream includes video data in a first format. A graphics data stream is also received, and the graph... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366347 | Edge detecting method There is provided an edge detecting method, which is capable of preventing a noise influence caused by imaging device and a color interpolation. The edge detecting method includes the steps of: setting a first kernel based on a center pixel in pixel data arranged in... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359007 | System for format conversion using clock adjuster and method of the same A system and same method are provided for producing video signal timing to a display apparatus that has different input/output image/video format. In addition to an image scaler, the system comprises a clock adjuster including a first and a second clock generator. T... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352918 | Method and circuits for scaling images using neural networks An artificial neural network (ANN) based system that is adapted to process an input pattern to generate an output pattern related thereto having a different number of components than the input pattern. The system (26) is comprised of an ANN (27) and a ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349032 | Circuit to resize and enlarge an image signal and resizing and enlargement method for an image signal The invention provides an image processing circuit having a capability of performing a reduction (resizing) process and an enlargement process on horizontal-scanning-line data inputted in synchronization with an input horizontal synchronization signal, and subsequen... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7339627 | Method and system for automatic detection and display of aspect ratio Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for automatic aspect ratio detection and may comprise scanning lines in at least a selected portion of an image and locating a first reference pixel in one of the scanned lines. A corresponding... | 03/04/2008 |
