JP2006140572A - Image signal processor and processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide image signal processor and processing method in which interlace progressive conversion can be carried out with high precision even when the image size changes for every field. <P>SOLUTION: The image signal processor comprises a read control circuit 17 for receiving an interlace signal having an image size changing for every field and adding extra data dependent on the image data in the vicinity of the border region of an inputted field to a region smaller than a set image size when the image data of a field having an image size smaller than that set for each field is inputted thus generating the image data of a field having the set image size, and a DSP 11 performing movement detection processing based on the image data of a field having an image size set by the read control circuit 17, generating interpolation data based on the results of movement detection processing and performing IP conversion of the image data based on the interpolation data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an image signal processing apparatus and an image signal processing method for converting, for example, an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each frame into a progressive signal (IP conversion).

As the television signal, signals of different systems such as an interlace signal and a progressive signal are known.
For example, NTSC (National Television System Committee) system and PAL (Phase Alternation by Line) system are known as interlace signals.

The interlace method is a method in which, for example, one image frame is composed of two odd / even fields, and these are alternately rewritten and displayed.
On the other hand, the progressive method, which is a non-interlace method, is a method in which a frame is not divided into fields, and display is performed while sequentially rewriting from the upper line.

For example, when a screen display corresponding to an interlace signal is performed on a display device such as a large television broadcast receiver, the interval between scanning lines may be conspicuous. For this reason, a display device that performs screen display by converting an interlace signal into a progressive signal (also referred to as IP: Interlace-Progressive conversion) is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
In addition, not only a cathode ray tube type but also a display device such as a liquid crystal display or a PDP (Plasma Display Panel), a driver for driving the device is designed progressively, and in this case, IP conversion is necessary.

IP conversion will be briefly described.
The interlace signal constitutes one frame by two fields having line data every other line which are shifted from each other. On the other hand, all the line data is present (clogged) in the progressive signal from the beginning.
When converting from an interlace signal to a progressive signal, since only every other line of data exists in the interlace signal, interpolation data is created and output for lines with no data.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of IP conversion.
There are various ways to create this interpolation data. In general, as shown in FIG. 9, motion detection is usually performed and divided into a moving area and a stationary area. For the moving area, the interpolation data is obtained from the data in the field. For the still area, a method of bringing the same line data of the previous field as it is is used.

FIG. 10A is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the bottom field output by the interlace signal. FIG. 10B is a diagram showing a specific example of the top field output by the interlace signal.
More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, for example, fields and lines necessary for motion detection and line interpolation are the current field data (1FD) and 1 field delay data (2FD). 2 field delay data (3FD) and 3 field delay data (4FD).

  Inter-field interpolation interpolates (interpolates) the scanning lines of adjacent fields, but the line data of the fields necessary for the interpolation processing are, for example, pixels DAT1 and DAT3 shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). Here, white circles indicate bottom field lines (BFL), black circles indicate top field lines (TFL), and black triangles indicate lines generated by interpolation.

  Further, in motion detection, the field value of each pixel or inter-frame difference value of several adjacent fields is obtained. The line data of the field necessary for motion detection is, for example, the pixels shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b). DAT20, DAT40, DAT21, DAT41, DAT1, and DAT3. At this time, when the line of the pixel R is the lowermost line, it is the pixels DAT20, DAT40, DAT1, and DAT3.

Here, the image size of the interpolation image (interpolation field) generally generated by the IP conversion process is equal to the image size of 1-field delay data (2FD).
JP 2002-64792 A

In general motion detection processing and interpolation processing, the processing is performed with a preset horizontal scanning period as a cycle.
That is, the horizontal (H) size of the input image data is invariable for each field, and is 720 pixels in the NTSC system / PAL system. In motion detection, the number of lines for each field in several adjacent fields is determined with respect to the pixel R in order to obtain the field value of each pixel or inter-frame, and the NTSC method is used as the vertical (V) size. In this case, 240 lines are processed, and in the PAL system, 288 lines are processed.

FIGS. 11A to 11D are diagrams for explaining the case where the image size changes seamlessly for each frame in the interlaced signal.
For this reason, for example, when IP conversion is performed on an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each field, the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) image sizes of fields adjacent to one field delay (2FD) are different, In a field having an image size smaller than the image size of 1 field delay data (2FD), there is no effective image data in an area less than the image size of 1 field delay data (2FD) (usually an indefinite value). In the inter-field interpolation processing, image quality deteriorates when interpolation is performed using a scanning line (line) of this field in a region that is less than the image size of the one-field delay data (2FD).

More specifically, for example, as shown in FIGS. 11A to 11C, assuming that one field delay data (2FD) is an equal-magnification image and the upper left of the image is the origin, the horizontal direction (H) and the vertical direction (V) When the image sizes of both are 1FD <2FD <3FD, or the image sizes in the horizontal direction (H) and the vertical direction (V) are both 1FD <2FD> 3FD, for example, as shown in FIGS. In this case, as described above, in a field having an image size smaller than the image size of 1-field delay data (2FD), there is no effective image data in an area that does not satisfy the image size of 1-field delay data (2FD). (Normally, it is an indefinite value). Therefore, in the inter-field interpolation processing, the field (line) scan is performed in an area less than the image size of the one-field delay data (2FD). Image quality and interpolation is deteriorated by using a line.
11A to 11F, the image size along the horizontal direction (H) is 2 pixels, and the image size along the vertical direction (V) is enlarged or reduced by 1 pixel.

  Further, for example, when an interlace signal whose image size is enlarged for each field is input as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, the pixel R to be interpolated is the lowermost line or the rightmost pixel of the image. DAT1 has an effective value, but DAT3 has an indefinite value, so that the image quality of interpolation deteriorates.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, in motion detection, if motion detection is performed using a scanning line of this field in an area less than the image size of one-field delay data (2FD), false detection is performed. To do. For this reason, if motion detection is erroneously detected, for example, a pixel that should originally be determined to be a still image is determined to be motion, resulting in data closer to intra-field interpolation, and image quality deteriorates.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, when the image size is enlarged for each field, if the pixel R is considered as the lowermost line or the rightmost pixel of the image, DAT1 of the interframe data is obtained. Has a valid value, but DAT3 is an indeterminate value, and 4FD DAT20 has an effective value, but DAT40 has an indeterminate value, so motion detection is erroneously detected.

  As described above, when an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each field is input, the image quality may deteriorate at the boundary portion of the IP-converted interpolated image.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is an image signal processing device capable of performing interlace-progressive conversion with high accuracy even when the image size changes for each field, And providing an image signal processing method.

  In order to achieve the above object, an image signal processing apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention is an image signal processing apparatus including input control means and processing means, wherein the input control means has an image size for each field. A determination unit that receives an input of a changing interlace signal and determines whether image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input; and the determination unit is set When it is determined that image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size has been input, an area near the boundary area of the input field is input to an area that is less than the set image size of the input image size. By adding additional data according to the image data, the image data of the field having the same image size as the set image size is generated. Adding means, and the processing means performs motion detection processing based on the image data of the field of the image size set by the input control means, and interpolates data based on the result of the motion detection processing. And generating the image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on the generated interpolation data.

In order to achieve the above object, an image signal processing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention is an image signal processing apparatus including input control means and processing means,
The input control means receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field, and determines whether or not image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field has been input. And a region that is less than the set image size of the input image size when the determination unit determines that image data of a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input. And adding means for adding additional data having a predetermined value to generate image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size. The processing means is controlled by the input control means. The motion detection process is performed based on the image data of the set image size field, and the result of the motion detection process Based to generate interpolated data, the image data is converted from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on the generated interpolation data.

  Furthermore, in order to achieve the above object, an image signal processing method according to a third aspect of the present invention receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field, and from the image size set for each field. A first step of determining whether or not image data of a field having a smaller image size has been input, and image data of a field having a smaller image size than the image size set for each field by the first step. Is added to the area that is less than the set image size, and additional data corresponding to the image data near the boundary area of the input field is added, and the set image size and A second step of generating image data of a field having the same image size; and the image set by the second step. Performs motion detection processing based on the image data of the size field, generates interpolation data based on the result of the motion detection processing, and converts the image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on the generated interpolation data And a third step.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an image signal processing apparatus and an image signal processing method capable of performing interlace-progressive conversion with high accuracy even when the image size changes for each field.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an image signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, for example, the image signal processing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment includes a digital signal processor (DSP) 11, an image size control circuit (SCT) 12, a memory (M1) 13, a memory (M2) 14, and a memory. (M3) 15, memory (M 4) 16, read control circuit 17, write control circuit (WCT) 18, and main control circuit (CPU: Central processing unit) 19.

  In the present embodiment, the read control circuit 17 includes a plurality of read control circuits. For example, a read control circuit (RCT1) 171 to a read control circuit (RCT5) 175 are included.

The DSP 11 corresponds to an example of a processing unit according to the present invention. The read control circuit 17 corresponds to an example of input control means according to the present invention.
The write control circuit 18 corresponds to an example of output control means according to the present invention.

An input line for image data is connected to an input terminal of the image size control circuit 12.
An output terminal of the image size control circuit 12 is connected to an input terminal of the memory 13 and an input terminal of the read control circuit 171. The output terminal of the read control circuit 171 is connected to the first input terminal (I1) of the DSP 11.
The output terminal of the memory 13 is connected to the input terminal of the memory 14 and the input terminal of the read control circuit 172. The output terminal of the read control circuit 172 is connected to the second input terminal (I2) of the DSP 11.
The output terminal of the memory 14 is connected to the input terminal of the read control circuit 173. The output terminal of the read control circuit 173 is connected to the third input terminal (I3) of the DSP 11.

An input terminal of the memory 15 is connected to a second output terminal (O2) that outputs the amount of motion obtained by the calculation of the DSP 11. The output terminal of the memory 15 is connected to the input terminal of the read control circuit 174. The output terminal of the read control circuit 174 is connected to the fourth input terminal (I4) of the DSP 11.
An input terminal of the memory 16 is connected to a third output terminal (O3) that outputs a motion detection count value by the DSP 11. The output terminal of the memory 16 is connected to the input terminal of the read control circuit 175. The output terminal of the read control circuit 175 is connected to the fifth input terminal of the DSP 11.
The first output terminal of the DSP 11 is connected to the input terminal of the write control circuit 18.
Each component and the main control circuit 19 are connected by a signal line.

The DSP 11 stores data DI1 to the input terminal I1 and data DI3 to the input terminal I3 in an internal memory.
Further, the DSP 11 stores data DI2 for the input terminal I2 for two lines in an internal memory.

  The DSP 11 performs, for example, an IP conversion process for converting an image signal from an image source from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on a control signal CTL 191 indicating a parameter input from the main control circuit 19.

2A and 2B are diagrams for explaining the motion detection process at the time of IP conversion of the DSP 11 shown in FIG.
FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a specific example of a bottom field using an interlace signal. FIG. 2B is a diagram illustrating a specific example of the top field using an interlace signal.

The DSP 11 performs motion detection, divides the motion area and the still area, creates interpolation data from the data in the field for the motion area, and uses the same line data in the previous field as the interpolation data for the still area.
More specifically, the DSP 11 performs a so-called motion correction type interpolation method in which a mixing ratio is changed according to a motion amount between inter-frame interpolation suitable for a still image region and intra-field interpolation suitable for a moving image region.

  At this time, the DSP 11 determines the motion amount based on the absolute value of the difference between the two image data in accordance with at least the image data of the current field, the image data of 1 field delay, the image data of 2 field delay, and the image data of 3 field delay. Based on the value of the function to be represented, motion detection is performed when image data is converted from an interlace signal to a progressive signal.

More specifically, the DSP 11 may perform motion detection when converting image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal, for example, as follows.
That is, the DSP 11 uses the current field image data, 1 field delay image data, 2 field delay image data, 3 field delay image data, and a function that represents the amount of motion based on the absolute value of the difference between the two image data. And the amount of data movement between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position in the two-field delay, and 1 on one line of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection. The amount of motion of the image data between the pixel B of the field delay and the pixel E of the same position of the 3-field delay, and the 1-field-delay pixel C and the 3-field delay of the same position of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection The maximum value of the motion amount of the image data between the pixels F and the pixel values of the lines before and after the pixel R on which motion detection is to be performed. Pixels A and 2 in the current field at the same position as the pixel R for which motion detection is to be performed, and the amount of motion between the image data obtained from the cells B and C by intra-field interpolation and the pixel D at the same position in the two field values. The maximum value of the motion amount of the data between the pixels D at the same position of the field delay is obtained, and motion detection is performed using the smaller of the two obtained maximum values as the motion amount of the pixel R for which motion detection is desired. .
The DSP 11 generates interpolation data based on the result of the motion detection process, and converts the image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on the generated interpolation data.

  Further, the DSP 11 uses the current field data and the two-field delay data to determine a function representing the amount of motion based on the absolute value of the difference between the two data, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). The amount of data motion between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position with the two-field delay is obtained, and this value is written in the memory 15. Further, the motion amount of data between the pixel B of 1-field delay and the pixel E at the same position of 3-field delay on one line of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection one field before, and 1 of the pixel R to be motion-detected. Between the one-field-delayed pixel C below the line and the one-field-delayed pixel F below the one-line delay of the pixel R at the same position of the three-field delay. Taking out a motion amount of over data, by performing motion detection using these motion amount to obtain a motion detection comparable results with up to previous data in data up to two-field delay.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a function for obtaining a motion amount in the IP conversion of the DSP 11 shown in FIG.
For example, the DSP 11 determines a function representing a motion amount based on an absolute value of a difference between two data as shown in FIG. For example, this function increases the amount of motion from 0 to 2 when the difference between the two data is 0 to 2, and increases the amount of motion from 0 to 8 by an exponential number when the difference between the two data is from 2 to 10. To do.

  Further, the DSP 11 obtains the data motion amount (motion amount 1) between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position with a two-field delay, and stores this data in the memory 15. A motion amount is written and the motion amount of the data between the pixel B of one field delay and the pixel E at the same position of the three field delay on one line of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection of one field before from the memory 15 ( The amount of motion 2) and the amount of data motion (the amount of motion 3) between the pixel C with one field delay and the pixel F at the same position with a three field delay one line below the pixel R to be detected are extracted. 1 and the maximum value of motion amount 2 (motion amount 4), the maximum value of motion amount 1 and motion amount 3 (motion amount 5), and the minimum value of both (motion amount 4 and motion amount 5) The amount of motion of the pixel is used. When the amount of motion is large, data obtained by intra-field interpolation is used from pixels B and C on the lines before and after the pixel R on which motion detection is to be performed. Data of pixel D at the same position of the delay is used.

  Further, the DSP 11 obtains a motion amount (motion amount 1) of data between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position with a two-field delay, and this motion is stored in the memory 15. The amount of data motion (motion) between the pixel B of one field delay on one line of the pixel R and the pixel E at the same position of three field delays of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection one more field earlier from the memory 15 is written. 2), the motion amount of the data (motion amount 3) between the pixel C with one field delay one line below the pixel R to be motion-detected and the pixel F at the same position with the three field delay is extracted. 1 and the maximum value of motion amount 2 (motion amount 4), the maximum value of motion amount 1 and motion amount 3 (motion amount 5), and the minimum value of both (motion amount 4 and motion amount 5) The amount of motion of the pixel is used. When the amount of motion is large, data obtained by intra-field interpolation is used from pixels B and C on the lines before and after the pixel R to be motion-detected. Data of pixel D at the same position of the delay is used.

  Further, the DSP 11 obtains a motion amount (motion amount 1) of data between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position with a two-field delay, and this motion is stored in the memory 15. The amount of data movement (motion) between the pixel B of one field delay on one line of the pixel R and the pixel E at the same position of three field delay from the memory 15 to which motion detection is to be performed one field before is further written. 2) and the motion amount (motion amount 3) of the data between the pixel C with one field delay and the pixel F at the same position with 3 field delay one line below the pixel R to be motion-detected. And the maximum value of motion amount 2 (motion amount 4) and the maximum value of motion amount 1 and motion amount 3 (motion amount 5), and the minimum value of both (motion amount 4 and motion amount 5) ( 6), and the motion amount (motion amount) between the data obtained by intra-field interpolation from the pixels B and C on the lines before and after the pixel R on which the motion detection is to be performed and the data between the pixels D at the same position with a two-field delay. 7) and the maximum value (motion amount 8) of the data motion amount (motion amount 1) between the pixel A of the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position of the two-field delay. If the motion amount 6 is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, the initial value in the memory 16 is written to the memory 25 that stores the value for one screen as a function based on the motion amount 6, and otherwise. Then, 1 is subtracted from the value read from the memory 16, and when it becomes smaller than 0 as a result, it is set to 0 and written to the memory 16. If the value is 0, the motion amount 6 is detected as motion. Otherwise, the motion amount 8 is used as the motion detection result. When the motion amount is large, the data obtained by intra-field interpolation from the pixels B and C of the line before and after the pixel R to be motion-detected is used. When the amount of motion is small, the data of the pixel D at the same position with a two-field delay is used.

  The DSP 11 uses data obtained by intra-field interpolation from the pixels B and C on the lines before and after the pixel R to be motion-detected when the motion amount is large, and at the same position in the current field when the motion amount is small. The average value of the data of pixel A and pixel D at the same position of 2 field delay is used.

  Further, when the DSP 11 obtains intra-field interpolation data, if the absolute value of the difference between the data immediately above and below the previous line is smaller than a certain threshold, the data of the data immediately above and below the previous line is calculated. Interpolation is based on the average value, and if not, interpolation is performed based on the average value of the two median data in the data of a plurality of neighboring pixels (six neighboring pixels in this embodiment) of the preceding and following lines.

For example, the image size control circuit 12 seamlessly changes the image size of each input interlace signal for each frame under the control of the main control circuit 19.
More specifically, the image size control circuit 12 receives, for example, a control signal CTL192 for changing the image size from the main control circuit 19, and based on the control signal CTL192, the image size control circuit 12 seamlessly for each frame according to the input interlace signal. The image size is enlarged or reduced, and a signal D2 indicating the processing result is output.

The memory 13 is a memory for generating image data with a one-field delay with respect to the image data of the current field.
The memory 14 is a memory for generating image data with a two-field delay with respect to the image data of the current field.
The memory 15 is a memory for storing the amount of motion obtained by calculation from the image data of the current field and 2-field delay.
The memory 16 is a memory that stores a motion detection count value.
As the memories 13 to 16, it is preferable to employ, for example, a memory having a relatively high response speed, specifically an SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory).

The read control circuit 17 receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field, and determines whether image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input. When the discriminating unit and the discriminating unit discriminate that the image data of a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input, the input image size is input to an area that is less than the set image size. And an additional unit that adds additional data according to image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the field and generates image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size.
Then, the control circuit 17 outputs the generated field image data to the DSP 11.

4A to 4C are diagrams for explaining the operation of the image signal processing apparatus shown in FIG.
FIG. 4A is a diagram showing field image data input to the read control circuit 17. FIG. 4B is a diagram showing image data in which additional data is added to an area that does not satisfy the image size set by the read control circuit 17. FIG. 4C is a diagram showing image data masked by the writing control circuit 18 after the IP conversion processing by the DSP 11. 4A to 4C, the origin O is defined at the upper left part of the image data (Actw).

  Specifically, when the image size changes seamlessly for each field, for example, as shown in FIGS. 11A to 11F, the read control circuit 17 is fixed for each field during actual inter-field interpolation or motion detection. When inputting image data or motion data for a field to the DSP 11 so that the image size is the same, the area AR1 that is less than the image size (for example, 720 pixels × 240 lines) as a system constraint of the DSP 11 is The image data is filled with the image data immediately before the boundary of the image so that the image size becomes 2FD at the minimum.

  Here, the data immediately before the boundary of the image is, for example, data of the nearest pixel immediately before the boundary of the image stored in the horizontal direction (H), and this is repeated, and the vertical direction (V) In this case, the data of one line immediately before the boundary of the image is read as many times as necessary, and both are correlated with the boundary portion of the input image.

  FIG. 5A shows that the set image size is the maximum image size (720 × 240) under the restrictions of the system of the DSP 11, and the image size of the active image data (Actw) is larger than the image size under the restrictions. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement at the time of filling area | region AR1 with additional data when it is small.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the read control circuit 17 operates in the horizontal direction (H) in the area AR1 when the active image data (Actw) has D11 to D34 arranged on the lattice. The data D14, D24, and D34 of the nearest neighbor pixels immediately before the boundary of the image are stored along the line A, and the data D14, D24, and D34 are embedded in the area AR1 as additional data along the horizontal direction.
For the line below the lowermost line of the active image data (Actw), along the vertical direction (V), the data D31 to D34 of one line immediately before the boundary of the image are below the line. The area AR1 is filled as additional data.

FIG. 5B shows an operation when the area AR1 is filled with additional data when the set image size is one field delay (2FD) image size and the active image data (Actw) is smaller than 2FD. It is a figure for demonstrating.
In addition, when the image size is smaller than the set 2FD image size, the read control circuit 17 moves the region AR1 that is less than the 2FD image size to a region near the boundary as shown in FIG. The immediately preceding image data may be embedded as additional data.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the read control circuit 171 includes the read control circuits (RCT1 to RCT5) 171 to 175 between the output terminals of the memories 13 to 16 and the input stage of the DSP 11.

Based on the image data D2 of the current field (1FD) from the image size control circuit 12, the read control circuit 171 has an image size equal to a predetermined image size, for example, an image size of 1 field delay data (2FD). Thus, the additional data is added and output to the DSP 11.
The read control circuit 172 adds additional data so as to have a predetermined image size based on the 1-field delay data (2FD) image data D3 from the memory 13, and outputs the added data to the DSP 11.
Based on the image data D4 of the two-field delay data (3FD) from the memory 14, the read control circuit 173 has a predetermined image size, for example, an image size equal to the image size of the one-field delay data (2FD). The additional data is added to and output to the DSP 11.
For example, the read control circuit 174 adds additional data to the DSP 11 so as to obtain a set image size based on the amount of motion calculated from the current field and 2-field delayed image data from the memory 15. Output.
For example, based on the motion detection count value from the memory 16, the read control circuit 175 adds additional data to the set image size and outputs it to the DSP 11.

For example, the writing control circuit 18 sets the additional data added by the reading control circuit 17 out of the image data generated by the DSP 11 as invalid data.
Specifically, the write control circuit 18 masks and outputs the interpolation data corresponding to the embedded area in the interpolation image so that the interpolation field has an image size of 1 field delay (2FD).

The main control circuit 19 comprehensively controls the entire apparatus.
The main control circuit 19 outputs, for example, a control signal CTL 192 for changing the image size to the image size control circuit 12.
Further, the main control circuit 19 outputs a control signal CTL197 to the read control circuit 17, causing the read control circuit 17 to perform processing according to the present invention.
Further, the main control circuit 19 outputs, for example, a control signal CTL 191 to the DSP 11 to cause the DSP 11 to perform IP conversion processing according to the present invention.
Further, the main control circuit 19 outputs a control signal CTL198 to the write control circuit 18, for example, and causes the write control circuit 18 to perform processing according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the operation of the read control circuit 171 of the image signal processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.
With reference to FIG. 6, an operation when the read control circuit 171 adds additional image data corresponding to image data in the vicinity of the boundary area to an area less than the image size of 2FD, for example, will be described.
For example, in this specific example, the origin O is defined at the upper left part of the image.
The initial value of the image size V along the vertical direction of the field to be processed is 1.

In step ST1, the read control circuit 171 determines that the position V along the vertical direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is larger than 0 and the image size along the vertical direction of the current field (1FD). It is determined whether or not it is 1 FD (V) or less.
When the read control circuit 171 determines that the condition is satisfied, the read control circuit 171 reads the image data of the Vth line of the data D2 output from the image size control circuit 12 and stores it in the internal memory (ST2).

  In step ST3, the readout control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is larger than 0 and the image size along the horizontal direction of the current field (1FD). It is determined whether or not it is 1 FD (H) or less.

  When it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the readout control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is an image along the horizontal direction of 1 field delay (2FD). It is determined whether or not the size is equal to 2FD (H) (ST4).

In the determination of step ST4, the readout control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is an image size 2FD (H) along the horizontal direction of 1 field delay (2FD). ) Or not.
In the determination of step ST4, when the reading control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel to be processed is equal to the image size 2FD (H), the reading control circuit 171 moves along the horizontal direction of the read line. Since the data immediately before the boundary, in this embodiment, the boundary is defined as 2FD (H), the data in the vicinity thereof, that is, the image data at a horizontal position one smaller than the boundary is stored in the internal memory, and step ST6. Proceed to the process.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step ST4 that the read control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field to be processed is not equal to 2FD (H), the process proceeds to step ST6.

  In step ST6, the read control circuit 171 outputs the H-th image data stored in the internal memory along the horizontal direction of the current field to be processed to the DSP 11, and the horizontal direction of the pixels of the current field to be processed. Is set to the next position H + 1 by 1 (ST7).

  In step ST8, the read control circuit 171 determines whether or not the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is larger than a value predefined by the DSP 11, for example, 720. If it is determined that the condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step ST13.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST8 that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is not larger than a value defined in advance by the DSP 11, for example, 720, step The process returns to ST3.

  On the other hand, in the determination of step ST3, the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is smaller than 0 or the image size 1FD (H along the horizontal direction of 1FD of the current field). ), The read control circuit 171 determines that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel of the current field to be processed is an image size 2FD (H) along the horizontal direction of one field delay (2FD). When it is determined that the condition is satisfied (ST9), the image data immediately before the boundary is determined as the image data of the pixel to be processed (ST10), and the process returns to step ST6.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST9 that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel of the current field to be processed is not less than or equal to the image size 2FD (H) along the horizontal direction of one field delay (2FD), That is, if it is determined that the position H along the horizontal direction of the pixel of the current field to be processed is larger than the image size 2FD (H) along the horizontal direction of one field delay (2FD), the process of step ST6 Proceed to

  On the other hand, in step ST1, the readout control circuit 171 has the position V along the vertical direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed larger than 0 and along the vertical direction of the current field (1FD). When it is determined that the image size is not less than 1FD (V), that is, the position V along the vertical direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is the image size 1FD along the vertical direction of the current field (1FD). If it is determined that the pixel size is larger than (V), the position V along the vertical direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is an image size 2FD (vertical direction of 1 field delay (2FD) along the vertical direction. V) It is determined whether or not it is below (ST11).

In the determination of step ST11, the read control circuit 171 determines that the position V along the vertical direction of the pixel in the current field (1FD) to be processed is an image size 2FD (VFD) along the vertical direction of one field delay (2FD). When it is determined that the data is below, the data of the line immediately before the boundary is read and the process proceeds to step ST3.
That is, the read control circuit 171 defines the data immediately before the boundary based on the data D2 output from the image size control circuit 12, and in this embodiment, the boundary is 2FD (V). That is, the image data at a position smaller by 1 along the vertical direction than the boundary is stored in the internal memory, and the process proceeds to step ST3.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step ST11 that the condition is not satisfied, the read control circuit 171 proceeds to the process in step ST13.

  In the process of step ST13, the read control circuit 171 defines the position V along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current frame to be processed as the adjacent position V + 1 increased by 1, and proceeds to the process of step ST14.

In step ST14, the read control circuit 171 determines that the position V along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current frame to be processed is a predetermined value, more specifically, a predetermined maximum image size value of one frame. Is also determined.
Specifically, for example, the maximum value of the image size of one frame defined in advance is 240 when the NTSC system is adopted and 288 when the PAL system is adopted.

  When it is determined in step ST14 that the position V along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current frame to be processed is equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, specifically, a maximum value of a predetermined one-frame image size. The read control circuit 171 returns to the process of step ST1 and performs the process according to the present invention for the next line in the field to be processed.

  On the other hand, in the determination of step ST14, the position V along the horizontal direction of the pixel in the current frame to be processed is larger than a predetermined value, specifically, a predetermined maximum image size of one frame. When the determination is made, the read control circuit 171 ends the series of processing.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the operation of the read control circuit 17 of the image signal processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG.
With reference to FIG. 7, an operation when the read control circuit 17 adds additional image data corresponding to image data in the vicinity of the boundary area to an area less than the image size of 2FD, for example, will be described. In FIG. 7, for example, n is 1, 2, 3, 4 and is a number indicating n field delay.

As described above, the read control circuit 17 performs processing for the current field (1FD) as shown in FIG. 6, for example, but one field delay (2FD), two field delay (3FD), three field delay ( 4FD), the same processing as shown in FIG. 7 is performed.
The difference between the operation shown in FIG. 6 and the operation shown in FIG. 7 is that the field to be processed shown in FIG. 6 is the current field (1FD), but the field to be processed shown in FIG. 7 is the current field (1FD), Since the image data is 2-field delay (3FD) and 3-field delay (4FD), the image data of the field to be processed is the current field (1FD), 2-field delay in the operation description (ST1 to ST14) related to FIG. (3FD) or 3 field delay (4FD) image data may be read, so the description of the operation (ST21 to 34) related to FIG. 7 is omitted.

  For example, according to the present invention, a determination is made as to whether or not image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field has been input in response to input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field. The means corresponds to steps ST1, ST3, ST4, ST8, ST9, ST11, etc. shown in FIG. 6, and steps ST21, ST23, ST24, ST28, ST29, ST31, etc. shown in FIG.

  In addition, when it is determined that the image data of a field having an image size smaller than the set image size is input, the input means is input to an area that is less than the set image size of the input image size. An adding unit that adds additional data according to image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the field and generates image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size is shown in step ST10 shown in FIG. 6 or FIG. This corresponds to step ST30 shown.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the image signal processing apparatus 10 shown in FIG. The operation of the DSP 11 and the read control circuit 17 will be briefly described with reference to FIG.

In step ST101, the main control circuit 19 outputs, for example, a control signal CTL192 for changing the image size to the image size control circuit 12.
The image size control circuit 12 receives the signal CTL192, and changes the image size of the input interlace signal D1 seamlessly for each frame, and outputs it as a signal D2 to the memory 13 and the read control circuit 171.

  Based on the signal D2 output from the image size control circuit 12, the memory 13 generates image data delayed by one field with respect to the image data of the current field, and outputs it to the memory 14 and the read control circuit 172 as a signal D3.

  The memory 14 generates image data with a two-field delay with respect to the image data of the current field based on the signal D3 output from the memory 13, and outputs the image data as a signal D4 to the read control circuit 173.

  The read control circuit 17 receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field, and when image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input, for example, FIG. As shown in (b), additional data corresponding to the image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the input field is added to the area AR1 less than the set image size, and the same image as the set image size Image data of the size field is generated and output to the DSP 11.

  Specifically, read control circuit 171 performs the operation as shown in FIG. 6, for example, as described above, and read control circuit 172 and read control circuit 173 perform the operations as shown in FIG. As shown in a) and (b), the additional data is added to the area AR1 and output to the DSP 11 so that the image size is at least one delay image data (2FD).

  In step ST102, the DSP 11 performs motion detection processing based on the image data of the field of the image size set by the read control circuit 17, generates interpolation data based on the result of the motion detection processing, and generates the generated interpolation data. The image data is converted from an interlace signal to a progressive signal based on the above.

  Specifically, the DSP 11 performs motion detection when converting the image data from the interlace signal to the progressive signal, at least the current field image data, the one-field-delay image data, the two-field-delay image data, the three-field Using the delayed image data, a function representing the amount of motion based on the absolute value of the difference between the two image data is defined, and the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the same position in the two field delay The amount of motion of data between pixels D, the amount of motion of image data between pixel B of one field delay on one line of pixel R to be detected and pixel E at the same position of three field delay, and motion detection 1 field delay pixel C 1 line below pixel R to be performed and 3 field delay The same value between the maximum value of the motion amount of the image data between the pixels F at the position and the image data obtained by intra-field interpolation from the pixels B and C of the line before and after the pixel R on which motion detection is to be performed and the two field values. The maximum amount of the data movement amount between the pixels D and the movement amount of the data between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the data D between the pixels D at the same position of the two-field delay is obtained. Then, motion detection is performed using the smaller one of the obtained two maximum values as the motion amount of the pixel R for which motion detection is to be performed, and interpolation data is generated based on the result of the motion detection processing. Based on this, the recorded image data is converted from an interlace signal to a progressive signal, and a signal indicating the converted result is output to the write control circuit 18.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, the write control circuit 18 sets the additional data added by the read control circuit 17 among the image data generated by the DSP 11 as invalid data.
Specifically, the write control circuit 18 responds to the control signal CTL 198 from the main control circuit 19 so that the interpolation field has an image size of 1 field delay (2FD) in the embedded region of the interpolation image. By masking and outputting the corresponding interpolation data, a progressive signal having an image size of 1 field delay (2FD) is output.
Each component of the image signal processing apparatus 10 performs the processing according to the present invention described above for each field, thereby converting an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly into a progressive signal and outputting it.

  As described above, it is set when image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input in response to the input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field. Read control for generating image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size by adding additional data corresponding to the image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the input field to an area less than the image size The motion detection processing is performed based on the image data of the field of the image size set by the circuit 17 and the read control circuit 17, the interpolation data is generated based on the result of the motion detection processing, and based on the generated interpolation data Since the DSP 11 for converting the image data from the interlace signal to the progressive signal is provided, Even when the interlace signal is input's changes every field, interlaced with high accuracy - it is possible to perform progressive conversion.

  That is, when IP conversion is performed on an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each field, the image quality in inter-field interpolation at the boundary portion of the interpolated image can be improved. Furthermore, it is possible to reduce erroneous detection of motion detection at the boundary portion of the interpolated image.

  Further, the read control circuit 17 sets the image size of the correction field to be generated for the DSP 11 as the image size set for each field, and the DSP 11 sets the field of the image size set by the read control circuit 17. Since motion detection processing and processing for converting the interlace signal into a progressive signal are performed based on the image data, motion detection processing and interpolation processing suitable for the image size for each correction field can be performed.

Further, the DSP 11 performs motion detection when converting image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal, at least the current field (1DF) image data, the 1 field delay (2DF) image data, and the 2 field delay (3DF) image. Data, using a 3-field delay (4DF) image data, defining a function representing the amount of motion by the absolute value of the difference between the two image data, and performing motion detection according to the image data in each field as described above,
When the motion is detected by the DSP 11, the read control circuit 17 determines that the image size of each of the current field (1DF) image data, the two field delay (3DF) image data, and the three field delay (4DF) image data is one field delay. Since the process of adding the additional data is performed so that the image size of the image data becomes the same, the motion detection process and the interpolation process by the DSP 11 can be performed with higher accuracy.

  In addition, since the write control circuit 18 is provided that makes the additional data added by the read control circuit 17 out of the image data generated by the DSP 11 invalid, the image size of each field changes seamlessly. However, it is possible to output a progressive signal having an interpolated image size of one field delay (2FD).

Note that the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and any suitable modification can be made.
For example, the image signal processing apparatus 10 according to the above-described embodiment may not include the image size control circuit 12. At this time, an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each frame may be input to the image signal processing apparatus 10 and the additional processing and IP conversion processing according to the present invention may be performed based on the interlace signal.

In this embodiment, when it is determined that image data of a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input, the input image size is input to an area that is less than the set image size. The additional data corresponding to the image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the field is added to generate the image data of the field having the same image size as the set image size. However, the present invention is not limited to this form.
For example, when it is determined that image data in a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input, a predetermined value is added to an area of the input image size that is less than the set image size. Data may be added to generate image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size. By doing so, the processing load can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the image signal processing apparatus 10 includes the memories 13 to 16 and the read control circuits 17 (171 to 175) corresponding to the memories 13 to 16, but the present invention is not limited to this form.
For example, a memory 13 for generating image data with a one-field delay for the image data of the current field, a memory 14 for generating image data with a two-field delay for the image data of the current field, and the current field and 2 A memory 15 for storing the motion amount calculated from the field delay image data, a memory 115 for generating image data with a three field delay with respect to the image data of the current field, and an image size control are provided. Based on the image data D2 of the current field (1FD) from the circuit 12, additional data is added so as to have a predetermined image size and output to the DSP 11, and 1-field delay data from the memory 13 Added based on (2FD) image data D3 so as to have a predefined image size The data is added to the read control circuit 172 that outputs the data to the DSP 11, and the image data D4 of the two-field delay data (3FD) from the memory 14 is used to add the additional data so as to have a predetermined image size. Based on the read control circuit 173 to be output to the DSP 11 and the image data D4 of the three field delay data (4FD) from the memory 115, read data is added to the DSP 11 and output to the DSP 11 so as to obtain a predetermined image size. A circuit 1174 may be provided, and the DSP 11 may perform processing according to the present invention based on the image data output from the read control circuits 171 to 173, 1174.

  The present invention can be applied to, for example, an image signal processing apparatus that converts an interlace signal whose image size changes seamlessly for each frame into a progressive signal (IP conversion).

1 is a block diagram of an image signal processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the motion detection process at the time of IP conversion of DSP11 shown in FIG. (A) is a figure which shows one specific example of the bottom field by an interlace signal. (B) is a figure which shows one specific example of the top field by an interlace signal. It is a figure explaining the function which calculates | requires a motion amount in IP conversion of DSP11 shown in FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the image signal processing apparatus shown in FIG. (A) is a diagram showing image data of a field input to the read control circuit 17. FIG. 7B is a diagram showing image data in which additional data is added to an area that does not satisfy the image size set by the read control circuit 17. (C) is a diagram showing the image data masked by the writing control circuit 18 after the IP conversion processing by the DSP 11. (A) is a case where the set image size is the maximum image size (720 × 240) under the restrictions of the system of the DSP 11 and the image size of the active image data (Actw) is smaller than the image size under the restrictions It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement at the time of filling area | region AR1 with additional data. (B) illustrates the operation when the area AR1 is filled with additional data when the set image size is one field delay (2FD) image size and the image size of active image data (Actw) is smaller than 2FD. FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the operation of the read control circuit of the image signal processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a specific example of the operation of the read control circuit of the image signal processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the image signal processing apparatus shown in FIG. 1. It is explanatory drawing of IP conversion. (A) is a figure showing an example of bottom field output by an interlace signal. (B) is a figure which shows a specific example of the top field output by an interlace signal. (A)-(f) is a figure for demonstrating the case where an image size changes seamlessly for every flame | frame in an interlace signal.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Image signal processing apparatus, 11 ... Digital signal processor (DSP), 12 ... Image size control circuit (SCT), 13 ... Memory (M1), 14 ... Memory (M2), 15 ... Memory (M3), 16 ... Memory (M4), 17 ... Read control circuit, 18 ... Write control circuit (WCT), 19 ... Main control circuit (CPU: Central processing unit), 171 to 175 ... Read control circuit.

Claims (7)

An image signal processing apparatus including input control means and processing means,
The input control means includes
A determination unit that receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field and determines whether image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input;
When the determination unit determines that image data in a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input, the input is performed in an area that is less than the set image size of the input image size. Adding means for adding additional data according to image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the generated field, and generating image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size,
The processing means includes
The motion detection process is performed based on the image data of the field of the image size set by the input control means, the interpolation data is generated based on the result of the motion detection process, and the motion data is generated based on the generated interpolation data. An image signal processing device that converts image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal. The input control means sets the image size of the correction field to be generated for the processing means as the image size set for each field,
2. The image signal processing according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit performs the motion detection process and a process of converting the interlace signal into a progressive signal based on image data of the field having the image size set by the input control unit. apparatus. The processing means represents a motion amount based on an absolute value of a difference between two image data corresponding to at least current field image data, 1 field delay image data, 2 field delay image data, and 3 field delay image data. Based on the value of the function, perform motion detection when converting image data from interlaced signal to progressive signal,
The input control means is configured to detect the current field image data, the two-field delay image data, and the three-field delay image data when the motion detection is performed by the processing means. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the process of adding the additional data is performed so that the image size becomes equal to the image size. The processing means sets the amount of data movement between the pixel A in the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection and the pixel D at the same position with a two-field delay, and 1 of the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection. The amount of motion of the image data between the pixel B of one field delay on the line and the pixel E at the same position of the three field delay, and the one field delay pixel C and the three field delay one line below the pixel R to be detected. The same value of the two field delay as the image data obtained by intra-field interpolation from the pixels B and C of the line before and after the pixel R to be subjected to motion detection The amount of data movement between the pixels D at the position, and the pixel A of the current field at the same position as the pixel R to be detected. The maximum value of the motion amount of the data between the pixels D at the same position of the field delay is obtained, and the motion detection is performed using the smaller one of the obtained two maximum values as the motion amount of the pixel R for which motion detection is to be performed. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 3. The image signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising output control means for invalidating additional data added by the input control means among the image data generated by the processing means. An image signal processing apparatus including input control means and processing means,
The input control means includes
A determination unit that receives an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field and determines whether image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input;
When the determination means determines that image data of a field having an image size smaller than the set image size has been input, a pre-defined area is defined in an area that does not satisfy the set image size of the input image size. Adding means for adding additional data of the set value, and generating image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size,
The processing means includes
The motion detection process is performed based on the image data of the field of the image size set by the input control means, the interpolation data is generated based on the result of the motion detection process, and the motion data is generated based on the generated interpolation data. An image signal processing device that converts image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal. A first step of receiving an input of an interlace signal whose image size changes for each field and determining whether image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input;
When it is determined in the first step that image data of a field having an image size smaller than the image size set for each field is input, the input is performed in an area that does not satisfy the set image size. A second step of adding additional data according to image data in the vicinity of the boundary region of the field to generate image data of a field having the same image size as the set image size;
A motion detection process is performed based on the image data of the field of the image size set in the second step, and interpolation data is generated based on the result of the motion detection process. Based on the generated interpolation data And a third step of converting the image data from an interlace signal to a progressive signal.

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