WO2003088660A1 - Dispositif convertisseur d'image et procede correspondant - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an image conversion device and an image conversion method for converting an interlaced video signal into a progressive video signal.
- a motion-adaptive progressive conversion device has been used to convert an interlaced video signal into a progressive video signal.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of an interlaced video signal.
- One frame of the in-race video signal is transmitted as a two-field image.
- signals of even lines such as L line, L + 2 line, L + 4 line, L + 6 line, L + 8 line are transmitted in N fields.
- signals of odd-numbered lines such as L + 1 line, L + 3 line, L + 5 line, L + 7 line, etc. are transmitted.
- the signal of the same even-numbered line as in the N field is transmitted.
- the in-lace video signal is transmitted in two fields, and one frame of video is displayed by these two fields of scanning lines.
- the line actually transmitted in the current field is called a current line
- a line generated from a plurality of temporally preceding and succeeding fields or a signal of the current field is called an interpolation line.
- FIG. 15 shows an example of the configuration of a conventional motion adaptive progressive conversion device.
- the motion-adaptive progressive conversion device is a one-field delay circuit. J1 and J2, a motion detection circuit J3, an inter-frame interpolation circuit J4, an intra-field interpolation circuit J5, and a switching circuit J6.
- the interlaced video signal J 0 is delayed one field at a time by a one-field delay circuit J 1 and a one-field delay circuit J 2.
- Motion detection circuit J 3 are temporally between field between the two fields before or after (hereinafter, this is referred to as inter-frame) c motion detection circuit J 3 for comparing corresponding pixel on the same line of, If the difference between the values of the compared pixels is small, the pixels are determined as “still image”. If the difference between the compared pixels is large, the pixels are determined as “moving image”.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit J4 generates a corresponding pixel from pixels on the same line between frames. For example, in FIG. 14, when interpolating the pixel X of the L + 1 line of the N + 1 field, the inter-frame interpolator J 4 uses the pixel A of the L + 4 line of the N field and the N + 2 field.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit J5 generates a corresponding pixel from a pixel on an adjacent line in the same field. For example, in FIG. 14, when interpolating the pixel X on the L + 4 line in the N + 1 field, the intra-field interpolator J5 is configured to interpolate the pixel C and the N + 1 on the L + 1 line in the N + 1 field.
- the switching circuit J 6 selects the current line signal and outputs it as a progressive video signal J 7 .
- the switching circuit J 6 is a motion detection circuit J If 3 determines the pixel of interest as a “still image”, the inter-frame interpolation circuit] outputs the signal given from 4 as a progressive video signal J 7, and if the motion detection circuit J 3 determines the pixel of interest as a “moving image”, The generated signal provided from the intra-field interpolation circuit J5 is output as a progressive video signal J7.
- inter-frame interpolation interpolation performed from two temporally preceding or succeeding fields
- the generated progressive video signal is output.
- a progressive video signal generated by intra-field interpolation is output. Therefore, according to this method, theoretically, it should be possible to perform interpolation processing that almost matches the movement of the image.
- Figure 16 shows the original video signal before it is converted to an in-lace video signal.
- This video signal has a sinusoidal brightness level
- the vertical axis represents luminance
- the horizontal axis represents line numbers.
- the brightness of black is displayed as the lowest value “0”
- the brightness of white is displayed as the highest value “255”.
- Numerical values in the figure indicate sample values after sampling.
- the luminance of the original video signal has a value of “2 18” on the L line, a maximum luminance of “2 5 5” between the L line and the L + 1 line, and a value of “2 5 5” on the L + 1 line. 1 8 ”, the value between the L + 1 line and the L + 2 line is“ 1 2 8 ”, the value from the L + 2 line is“ 3 7 ”, and the value between the L + 2 line and L + 3 Minimum brightness of "0”,
- Fig. 18 shows the superimposition of the video signal when such an in-the-race video signal moves by 1/2 line per field. That is, in the fl field, the value “2 18” as the L line, the value “3 7” as the L + 2 line, the value “2 18” as the L + 4 line, and the value “3 7” as the L + 6 line Are transmitted.
- Table 1 (a) shows the sample rate as an interlaced video signal in each field.
- Table 1 (b) shows the luminance value of the video signal after sampling as an interlaced video signal.
- the receiver receives the interlaced video signal, and the line that is not transmitted after interpolation signal processing, that is, the luminance value in column “1” of Table 1 (b) is obtained and converted to a progressive video signal.
- the motion detection circuit J 3 calculates the luminance value between the luminance value of the video signal of a certain field and the video signal of the video signal two or more fields before or after two fields in time. From the value difference, it is determined whether the pixel of interest is a “still image” or a “moving image”. The result of the determination is sent to the switching circuit J6.
- the switching circuit J 6 outputs a signal given from the inter-frame interpolation circuit J 4 as a progressive video signal J 7 if the result of the determination by the motion detection circuit J 3 is “still image”. If the result of the determination by the motion detection circuit J 3 is “moving image”, the signal provided from the in-field interpolation circuit J 5 is output as a progressive video signal J 7.
- Table 2 (a) shows the difference between the luminance value of the interlaced video signal in a certain field and the luminance value of the interlaced video signal in the field after or before two fields.
- the value in Table 2 (a) is This is calculated by the motion detection circuit J3.
- the luminance value of the L line in the f2 field is the value “2 1 8” of the L line in the f1 field.
- the value "1 8 1” is obtained by calculating the difference between the value of the L line in the f3 field and "3 7".
- the luminance value of each line of each field is calculated.
- Table 2 (b) shows the results of the motion detection circuit J3 determining whether the pixel of interest is a "moving image” or a "still image” based on the luminance values in Table 2 (a).
- the threshold value of the brightness of the moving image and the still image is set to a value “20”.
- the motion detection circuit J 3 determines the pixel of interest as “moving image”.
- the threshold value is “19” or less, the motion detection circuit J 3 determines the pixel of interest as “still image”.
- Table 3 (a) shows the output value of the inter-frame interpolation circuit J4.
- the luminance value of the L line in the f2 field in the inter-frame interpolation circuit J4 is given by f1 in Table 1 (b).
- Average the value of the L line in one field “2 1 8” and the value of the L line in the ⁇ 3 field “3 7”, that is, “(2 18 + 3 7) no 2 1 2 8” It is calculated as Other luminance values in Table 3 (a) are similarly calculated as the average of the luminance values between frames.
- Table 3 (b) shows the output value of the intra-field interpolation circuit J5.
- the luminance value of the L + 1 line of the f1 field is interpolated between the fields, and the same value as the “2 1 8” value of the L line of the f1 field “2 1 8” in Table 1 (b) is used.
- the other luminance values in Table 3 (b) are similarly calculated as the average of the values of the upper and lower lines in the field.
- the switching circuit J 6 receives the signal supplied from the inter-frame interpolation circuit J 4, the signal supplied from the intra-field interpolation circuit J 5, the current line signal, and the signal supplied from the motion detection circuit J 3. available.
- Table 4 below shows the luminance values of the progressive video signal J7 output from the switching circuit J6.
- Table 4 (a) shows the result of switching between the inter-frame interpolation signal and the intra-field interpolation signal according to the determination result of the motion detection circuit J3 in Table 2 (b) and outputting the result. If the motion detection circuit J 3 determines that the pixel of interest is “still image”, it outputs the signal generated by the inter-frame interpolation circuit J 4. If the motion detection circuit J 3 determines that the pixel of interest is “movie”, Outputs the signal generated by the in-field interpolation circuit J5.
- Table 4 (a) the hatched part is the part judged to be “moving image”.
- the “1” in Table 4 (a) indicates that the interlaced video signal of the current line is being output.
- Table 4 (b) shows the difference between the luminance value of the signal output on the interpolation line and the luminance value of the original video signal before interlacing shown in Table 1 (a).
- Table 4 (b) shows the difference in luminance in the f3 field and the f5 field, which indicates that the difference is very large. While the maximum value of these signals is “255”, the value of “90” is very large, and even if you look at the progressive video signal that has been progressively converted, the noise will be large. That is, it is recognized as remarkable image quality deterioration.
- the motion detection circuit J3 easily determines that the pixel of interest is a “moving image”, and the image quality deteriorates. There was a problem that it was easy. Disclosure of the invention
- An object of the present invention is to perform an accurate motion determination even when an image having a large luminance difference in the vertical direction moves slowly, and convert an interlaced video signal into a stable and high-resolution progressive video signal.
- a conversion device is provided.
- An image conversion device is an image conversion device that converts an input in-lace video signal into a progressive video signal, and converts an inter-lace video signal based on the input in-sync video signal.
- An interpolating circuit that generates an interpolated pixel and outputs an interpolated signal including the pixel and the interpolated pixel in the input interlaced video signal, and calculates a vertical motion amount of the image based on the interpolated signal output from the interpolating circuit.
- a motion calculating circuit for calculating, a still image processing circuit for generating a still image progressive signal by a still image processing from the input in-night race video signal, and a moving image progressive signal by a moving image processing from the input in-the-race video signal A moving image processing circuit that generates a video image, and a still image processing circuit when the vertical motion amount calculated by the motion calculation circuit is smaller than the first value.
- Progressive video still image progressive signal output by And an output circuit for outputting as a signal.
- an interpolated pixel between lines is generated by an interpolation circuit based on the input video signal, and an interpolation signal including the pixel and the interpolated pixel in the interlaced video signal is generated.
- the amount of motion in the vertical direction of the image is calculated by the motion calculation circuit based on the output and the output interpolation signal.
- a still image progressive signal is generated from the input video signal by the still image processing circuit, and a progressive video signal is generated from the input video signal by the video processing circuit. Is generated.
- the vertical motion amount calculated by the motion calculation circuit is smaller than the first value, a still image progressive signal output by the still image processing circuit is output from the output circuit as a progressive video signal.
- the interpolator includes an interlace generating circuit that generates a plurality of interlaced video signals corresponding to a plurality of continuous fields based on the input interlaced video signal, and a plurality of interlaced video signals generated by the interlaced race generating circuit.
- a progressive generation circuit that generates a progressive signal based on the video signal of the video signal, and an interpolation process using the progressive signal generated by the progressive generation circuit to generate interpolated pixels between lines.
- a pixel formation circuit that outputs an interpolation signal including the pixel and the interpolation pixel, wherein the motion calculation circuit may calculate a vertical motion amount of the image based on the interpolation signal output from the pixel formation circuit.
- a plurality of interlaced video signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of continuous fields are generated by an interlace generating circuit, and the generated plurality of interlaced video signals are generated.
- a progressive signal is generated by the progressive generation circuit.
- Generated by pixel formation circuit Interpolated pixels between lines are generated by the interpolation processing using the obtained progressive signal, and an interpolation signal including the pixel in the progressive signal and the interpolation pixel is output.
- the motion calculation circuit calculates the vertical direction of the image based on the output interpolation signal. The amount of movement in the direction is calculated.
- the first value may be less than or equal to the spacing between lines.
- the still image progressive signal is output as a progressive video signal. Therefore, even when an image having a large luminance difference in the vertical direction moves slowly, it is possible to perform accurate motion determination and convert the video signal to a stable and high-resolution progressive image.
- the motion calculation circuit may calculate the vertical motion amount in a unit smaller than the interval between the lines. In this case, accurate motion detection can be performed, and even when an image having a large difference in brightness in the vertical direction moves slowly, accurate motion judgment is performed, and a stable and high-resolution progressive video signal is obtained. Can be converted to video signals.
- the progressive generation circuit generates a first progressive signal based on a plurality of interlaced video signals of a first combination among the plurality of interlaced video signals generated by the interlace generating circuit. Circuit, and a second progressive signal based on a plurality of in-line race video signals of a second combination different from the first combination among the plurality of in-line race video signals generated by the in-line race generation circuit. And a second progressive generation circuit that generates an interpolated pixel between lines by an interpolation process using the first progressive signal generated by the first progressive generation circuit.
- a first interpolation signal including a pixel and an interpolation pixel in the first progressive signal.
- a first progressive signal is generated by the first progressive generation circuit based on the plurality of in-lace video signals of the first combination, and a plurality of second combinations is generated by the second progressive generation circuit.
- a second progressive signal is generated based on the video signal.
- the first pixel forming circuit outputs a first interpolation signal including the pixel in the first progressive signal and the interpolated pixel
- the second pixel forming circuit determines the pixel and the interpolated pixel in the second progressive signal.
- the second interpolation signal including the first interpolation signal and the second interpolation signal is output by the motion calculation circuit.
- the output circuit may output the moving picture progressive signal as a progressive video signal when the motion amount is larger than the second value.
- the moving picture progressive signal output by the moving picture processing circuit when the vertical motion amount calculated by the motion calculation circuit is larger than the second value is output from the output circuit as a progressive video signal.
- the output circuit is based on the amount of motion when the amount of motion is between the first value and the second value.
- a moving picture progressive signal and a still picture progressive signal may be combined at a ratio, and the combined signal may be output as a progressive video signal.
- a progressive video signal is generated from the moving image progressive signal and the still image progressive signal according to the amount of motion, it is possible to generate a high-resolution progressive video signal with little image quality deterioration.
- the output circuit may set the ratio of the still image progressive signal to 0.5 or more when the motion amount is equal to or less than the interval between lines. In this case, it is possible to prevent erroneous operation of an image having large motion, and to generate a progressive video signal with little image quality deterioration.
- the output circuit may set the ratio of the still image progressive signal to 0.5 or more when the amount of movement is 0.75 times or less the interval between lines. In this case, it is possible to prevent erroneous operation of an image having a little motion, and to generate a progressive video signal with less image quality deterioration.
- the output circuit may set the ratio of the still image progressive signal to 0.5 or more when the amount of motion is 0.5 times or less the interval between lines. In this case, erroneous operation can be prevented even for an image with small motion, and a progressive video signal with less deterioration in image quality can be generated.
- the plurality of interlaced video signals include first to fourth interlaced video signals corresponding to continuous first to fourth fields, and the first combination of the plurality of interlaced video signals is
- the plurality of interlaced video signals of the second combination may include first to third interlaced video signals, and the second to fourth interlaced video signals may include second to fourth interlaced video signals.
- the image conversion device calculates an average value of a pixel of interest and values of pixels in the vicinity thereof in a plurality of video signals corresponding to a plurality of fields, and calculates a still image progressive signal based on the calculated average value.
- a judgment circuit for judging whether or not to apply the video signal wherein the output circuit outputs a moving image when the judgment result of the judgment circuit is non-application.
- the log progressive signal may be output as a progressive video signal.
- the application or non-application of the still image progressive signal is determined by the determination circuit based on the average value of the pixel of interest and the surrounding pixels in the plurality of interlaced video signals corresponding to the plurality of fields. If the determination result is not applicable, a moving picture progressive signal is output as a progressive video signal. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a still image from being erroneously processed even for an image having a frit force, for example, an image including a flash of a continuous camera, and to generate a more accurate progressive video signal. Can be.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit detects the average value of the signal values of the pixel of interest and its surrounding pixels in a plurality of inlay video signals corresponding to a plurality of fields.
- the circuit scale can be made relatively small.
- the determination circuit calculates the maximum value and the minimum value of the pixel of interest of the plurality of video signals corresponding to the plurality of fields and the pixels in the vicinity thereof, and calculates the calculated average value and maximum value.
- the application or non-application of the still image progressive signal may be determined based on the minimum value.
- the application or non-application of the still image progressive signal is determined based on the average value, the maximum value, and the minimum value of the pixel of interest of the plurality of interlaced video signals corresponding to the plurality of fields and the surrounding pixels. You. Therefore, the application or non-application of the still image progressive signal is more accurately determined.
- the determination circuit outputs the still image progressive signal when each difference between the calculated average values is larger than a predetermined value and each calculated difference between the maximum value and the minimum value of the same field is smaller than the predetermined value. It may be determined not to be applied.
- the application or non-application of the still image progressive signal is determined more accurately.
- An image conversion method is an image conversion method for converting an input interlaced video signal into a progressive video signal, the method comprising the steps of: Generating an interpolated pixel and outputting an interpolated signal including the interpolated pixel; calculating a vertical motion amount of the image based on the output interpolated signal; Image processing Generating a progressive video signal, and generating a progressive video signal by performing video processing from the input video signal.
- the calculated vertical motion amount is smaller than the first value. Outputting the still image progressive signal output in such a case as a progressive video signal.
- an interpolated pixel between lines is formed based on an input interlaced video signal, an interpolated signal including the interpolated pixel is output, and based on the output interpolated signal.
- the vertical movement amount of the image is calculated.
- a still image progressive signal is generated from the input interlaced video signal by still image processing, and a moving image progressive signal is generated from the input interlaced video signal by moving image processing.
- the still image progressive signal is output from the output circuit as a progressive video signal.
- Generating the interpolated pixels includes, based on the input interlaced video signals, generating a plurality of interlaced video signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of continuous fields; and generating the plurality of interlaced video signals.
- Generating a progressive signal based on the following, generating an interpolated pixel between lines by interpolation processing using the generated progressive signal, and outputting an interpolated signal including the pixel in the progressive signal and the interpolated pixel. And calculating a vertical motion amount of the image based on the output interpolation signal.
- a plurality of in-car race video signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of continuous fields are generated, and the generated in-lace video signals are added to the generated in-lace video signals.
- a progressive signal is generated based on the progressive signal. Interpolation using the generated progressive signal generates interpolated pixels between lines.
- an interpolation signal including the pixel in the progressive signal and the interpolation pixel is output, and the vertical motion amount of the image is calculated based on the output interpolation signal. Therefore, more accurate motion detection is possible, and the image quality is improved. This makes it possible to generate progressive video signals with little degradation and high resolution.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an image conversion device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 (a) is a diagram illustrating an example of the internal configuration of a first progressive video generation circuit.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an internal configuration example of the comparison circuit
- FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the inter-frame interpolation circuit.
- Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of an intra-field interpolation circuit.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the output circuit.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of the image conversion device according to the second embodiment.
- FIG. 8A is a diagram showing a configuration of the first video signal forming circuit 10
- FIG. 8B is a diagram showing a configuration of the second video signal forming circuit
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the comparison circuit.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the output circuit.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image conversion device according to a third embodiment.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating another example of a non-applicable area detection circuit.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing still another example of the non-applicable area detection circuit.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the form of an interlaced video signal
- FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional motion-adaptive progressive conversion device
- FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of an image in which luminance changes sinusoidally in the vertical direction
- FIG. Figure 18 shows the original video signal before it is converted to a race video signal.
- Fig. 18 shows the in-and-out race video signal moving by 12 lines per field.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram in which video signals when the video signal is superimposed are superimposed.
- a video signal is described as corresponding to a luminance signal, but the same processing can be performed for a color signal.
- the same effect can be obtained for the RGB signal by performing the same processing as described below for each color.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image conversion apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- the image converter 100 shown in FIG. 1 includes a first one-field delay circuit 1, a second one-field delay circuit 2, a third one-field delay circuit 3, a first progressive video generation circuit 4, 2, a progressive video generation circuit 5, a comparison circuit 6, an inter-frame interpolation circuit 7, an in-field interpolation circuit 8, and an output circuit 9.
- the image converter 100 receives the synchronization signal of the interlaced video signal VI or a signal corresponding to the synchronization signal, and generates a timing signal necessary for each of these blocks. It has a generating circuit.
- the interlaced video signal VI is, c is delayed in sequence by a first one-field delay circuit 1, the second 1 field delay circuit 2, and the third one-field delay circuit 3 connected in succession
- a one-field delayed in-race video signal a a two-field delayed in-race video signal b, and a three-field delayed in-race video signal c are respectively generated. Therefore, four in-lace video signals that are successively delayed by one field are generated.
- Each of these four interlaced video signals is composed of a first odd-field signal, a first even-field signal, a second odd-field signal, and a second even-field signal, or , A first odd-field signal, a second even-field signal, and a second odd-field signal.
- the source video signal consists of two fields that make up the entire scanning line of the screen, so one of the fields is called an odd field and the other is called an even field.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 is supplied with interlaced video signals a, b, and j.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 generates a progressive video field signal P 1 from these signals and supplies the signal to the comparison circuit 6.
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 is supplied with interlaced video signals V1, a, and b.
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 generates a progressive video field signal P2 from these signals and supplies the signal to the comparison circuit 6.
- the comparison circuit 6 compares the progressive video field signal P 1 and the progressive video field signal P 2 to calculate motion amount information M, and supplies the calculated motion amount information M to the output circuit 9.
- the interlace video signal V 1 and the interlace video signal b are supplied to an inter-frame interpolation circuit 7.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 generates an inter-frame interpolation signal F 1 by inter-frame interpolation for interpolating between two fields before and after two fields in time, and supplies the inter-frame interpolation signal F 1 to the output circuit 9.
- the interlaced video signal a is supplied to the intra-field interpolation circuit 8.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 generates an intra-field interpolation signal F 2 from the interlaced video signal a by intra-field interpolation, and supplies it to the output circuit 9.
- the output circuit 9 outputs a progressive video signal V 2 generated by changing the ratio of the inter-frame interpolation signal F 1 and the intra-field interpolation signal F 2 according to the motion amount information M for each pixel. If the motion amount information M is small, the probability of a still image increases, so the output circuit 9 generates the progressive video signal V2 such that the ratio of the inter-frame interpolation signal F1 increases.
- the image conversion apparatus 100 outputs the progressive video field signal P 2 from the first to third in-lace video signals among the four in-lace video signals successively delayed by one field. Is generated, and a progressive video field signal P1 is generated from the second to fourth in-lace video signals.
- the image conversion apparatus 100 compares the progressive video field signal P 1 with the progressive video field signal P 2, and compares the comparison result with the motion amount information. It can be output as M. Thereby, the image conversion device 100 can make an accurate motion determination. Therefore, even when an image having a large vertical luminance difference moves slowly, accurate motion determination can be performed, and a stable and high-resolution progressive video signal can be provided.
- Table 5 (a) and Table 5 (b) show the values of the original video signal and the video signal value after being sampled as the video signal, as shown in Table 1 (a) and Table 1 ( It is shown as in b).
- Tables 5 (a) and 5 (b) show 9 fields from the fl field to the f9 field.
- Table 5 (a) shows the value of each line in each field of the original video signal
- Table 5 (b) shows each line of each field of the signal after being sampled as an interlaced video signal.
- the in-race video signals shown in Table 5 (b) are transmitted in order for each field.
- Table 5 (b) in Fig. 1 Are given to the image converter 100 in order as an in-lace video signal V1 for each field.
- the interlace video signal V 1 is supplied to a first one-field delay circuit 1, a second one-field delay circuit 2, and a third one-field delay circuit 3.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 and the second progressive video generation circuit 5 respectively generate a progressive video field signal P1 and a progressive video field signal P2 by interpolation processing.
- FIG. 2A shows an example of the internal configuration of the second progressive video generation circuit 5
- FIG. 2B shows an example of the internal configuration of the first progressive video generation circuit 4.
- the input terminal 501 of FIG. 2 (a) is supplied with the in-lace video input VI of FIG. 1, the input terminal 502 is supplied with the in-lace video signal a, and the input terminal 503 is input of the in-lace video signal a.
- Race video signal b is provided.
- the input terminal 401 of FIG. 2 (b) is supplied with the interlaced video signal a of FIG. 1, the input terminal 402 is supplied with the interlaced video signal b, and the input terminal 403 is supplied with the interlaced video signal b.
- Video signal c is provided.
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 in FIG. 2A includes one-clock delay circuits 504 to 508, multiplication circuits 509 to 514, an addition circuit 515, and a switching circuit 516.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 in FIG. 2B includes one-clock delay circuits 404 to 408, multiplication circuits 409 to 414, an addition circuit 415, and a switching circuit 416.
- Multiplication circuits 409, 411, 412, 414, 509, 511, 512, and 514 multiply by 18 respectively, and multiplication circuits 410, 413, and 51 0, 5 1 and 3 multiply 1Z4.
- the signals output from the multiplication circuits 409 to 414 are added.
- signals output from the multiplication circuits 509 to 514 are added in the addition circuit 515.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 averages the interlaced video signals a and c after they have been filled in the horizontal direction, respectively. It is provided to the addition circuit 4 15.
- the switching circuit 416 is delayed by one field by the one-clock delay circuit 406 based on the signal K1 provided from the timing generation circuit (not shown) if the interlaced video signal b is the signal of the current line.
- the interlaced video signal b is output. If the interlaced video signal b is an interpolation line signal, the signal generated by the adder 415 is output.
- the interlaced video signal V1 and the interlaced video signal b are each filtered in the horizontal direction, averaged, and provided to the addition circuit 515.
- the switching circuit 516 based on the signal K2 given from the timing generation circuit (not shown), if the interlaced video signal a is the signal of the current line, the one-clock delay circuit 506 generates the interlaced video signal a. And outputs a signal generated by the adder circuit 515 if the interlace video signal a is an interpolation line signal.
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 and the second progressive video generation circuit 5 perform fill-in processing (fill-in processing) and addition processing performed inside the first progressive image generation circuit 4 and the first field and the third field This corresponds to the operation of the corresponding pixel in the field and its surrounding pixels, or the operation of the corresponding pixel in the second and fourth fields and its surrounding pixels. In this case, in particular, the average has been calculated.
- the use of the average value can simplify complicated calculations and reduce the circuit scale, but is not limited to this.
- Table 6 (a) and Table 6 (b) show the signals output from the first progressive video generation circuit 4 and the second progressive video generation circuit 5 by such an operation, respectively. (Table 6)
- the hatched part is the part obtained by calculation as an interpolation line.
- the filter operation in the horizontal direction The effects of noise and the like can be reduced.
- the value of the L line of the f4 field in Table 6 (a) is calculated as follows.c
- a signal of the f4 field is supplied to the image conversion device 100 as the video signal V1. Will be described.
- the L line of f4 field does not transmit a signal, so interpolation processing must be performed.
- the signal of the f4 field is input as the in-race video signal V1
- the signal of the f1 field is output from the third one-field delay circuit 3
- the signal of the f1 field is output from the second one-field delay circuit 2.
- the signal of the f2 field is output, and the signal of the f3 field is output from the first one-field delay circuit 1.
- the interpolation line of the progressive video field signal P 1 is calculated from the current line values of the f 1 field output from the third one-field delay circuit 3 and the f 3 field of the first one-field delay circuit 1. Is calculated. In this case, the average value (or a value close to the average value) is calculated.
- the value of the L line in the f3 field in Table 6 (b) is calculated as follows. If the f3 field is given to the image converter 100 as the in-lace video signal VI, the f1 field is output from the second one-field delay circuit 2, and the f1 field is output from the first one-field delay circuit 1. Will output the f2 field. At this time, the interpolation line of the progressive video field signal P2 is obtained by dividing the value of the current line of the f1 field of the output of the second one-field delay circuit 2 by the value of the f3 field which is the signal of the in-lace video signal V1. It is calculated from the value of the current line. In this case, the average value (or a value close to the average value) is calculated.
- FIG. 3 shows an example of the internal configuration of the comparison circuit 6.
- a progressive video field signal P2 is supplied to the input terminal 601 and a progressive video field signal P1 is supplied to the input terminal 602.
- the comparison circuit 6 includes a one-line delay circuit 603 to 605, a multiplication circuit 606 to 608, an addition circuit 609, 610, a subtraction circuit 611 to 613, and a minimum value selection.
- the circuit 6 14 is provided.
- the progressive video field signal P 2 applied to the input terminal 601 is applied to the one-line delay circuit 603.
- the progressive video field signal P 1 applied to the input terminal 602 is applied to the one-line delay circuit 604.
- the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 604 is supplied to the one-line delay circuit 605.
- the multiplication circuit 606 multiplies the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 605 by 12 and the multiplication circuit 607 multiplies the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 604 by a factor of two.
- the arithmetic circuit 608 multiplies the progressive video field signal P 1 by 1 Z 2.
- the addition circuit 609 adds the signals output from the multiplication circuits 606 and 607, and the addition circuit 610 adds the signals output from the multiplication circuits 607 and 608.
- the subtraction circuit 611 obtains a value obtained by subtracting the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 603 and the signal output from the addition circuit 609, and outputs the absolute value of the value.
- the subtraction circuit 612 obtains a value obtained by subtracting the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 603 and the signal output from the one-line delay circuit 604, and outputs the absolute value of the value.
- the subtraction circuit 6 13 finds a value obtained by subtracting the signal output from the 1-line delay circuit 6 03 and the signal output from the addition circuit 6 10, and outputs the absolute value of the value.
- the minimum value selection circuit 614 selects the minimum value of the signals output from the subtraction circuits 611 to 613.
- the signal output from the minimum value selection circuit 614 is output from the output terminal 615 as an output signal from the comparison circuit 6.
- This operation is generated by the second progressive video generation circuit 5 at the input terminal 6001.
- the operation is performed between the pixel of the interpolation line and the corresponding pixel of the progressive video field signal P1 given to the input terminal 602.
- this operation is based on a comparison between the corresponding pixels of the progressive video field signal P1 and the progressive video field signal P2, and a comparison of the values of the corresponding pixel and its surrounding pixels on a pixel-by-pixel basis. This is equivalent to outputting as motion amount information M.
- Table 7 (a) shows the result of this comparison operation.
- the column of the vertical line and the column of the horizontal field indicate the timing of the evening race video signal a output from the first one-field delay circuit 1.
- the operation when the L + 2 line of the f4 field is given to the comparison circuit 6 is as follows.
- the value “1 9 1”, which is the value of the L + 1 line of the f4 field of the progressive video field signal P2 is input to the subtraction circuit 6 1 1 Is done.
- the average value “1 91.5” of the value “1 2 8” of the L line in the f 4 field of the progressive video field signal P 1 and the value “2 5 5” of the L + 1 line is multiplied by 60 7, 6 08 and the addition circuit 6 10, and an integer value “1 9 1” in the vicinity thereof is given to the subtraction circuit 6 11. Therefore, the subtraction circuit 61 1 outputs the absolute value “0” of the subtraction value.
- the subtraction circuit 6 1 2 has the value “1 9 1” of the L + 1 line of the f 4 field of the progressive video field signal P 2 and the L + 1 line of the f 4 field of the progressive video field signal P 1 Is given as "2 5 5". Therefore, the subtraction circuit 6 12 outputs the absolute value “64” of the subtraction value.
- the subtraction circuit 6 13 receives the value “1 91” of the L + 1 line of the f 4 field of the progressive video field signal P 2.
- the subtraction circuit 6 13 has an average value “1” of the value “2 5 5” of the L + 1 line of the f4 field of the progressive video field signal P 1 and the value “1 28” of the L + 2 value. 9 1 ”is given. Therefore, the subtraction circuit 6 13 outputs the absolute value “0” of the subtraction value.
- Table 7 (b) shows the minimum value of the values given to the subtraction circuits 61 1 to 61 3. For example, in the L + 1 line of the f4 field, the value “0” which is the minimum value among the values “0”, “64” and “0” which are the output signals from the subtraction circuits 61 1 to 61 3 Is selected and displayed.
- the example of the operation as described above is shown as the operation of the comparison circuit 6, but the operation of the comparison circuit 6 is not limited to the above.
- the calculation may be performed in consideration of the values of the surrounding lines. In that case, the calculation can be further performed with the surrounding pixels, so that the comparison can be performed with higher accuracy, and the configuration can be made resistant to noise and the like.
- the image conversion apparatus 100 has a progressive video feed.
- the motion amount information M is required.
- the value of the signal of the corresponding pixel of the current line of the progressive video field signal P1 the value of the signal of the corresponding pixel of the current line of the progressive video field signal P2 and the interpolation of the pixel above and below the pixel of the current line are performed.
- the amount of motion information M may be obtained by calculating the difference between the value of the pixel of the line and the value of the pixel of the line, or a combination of the two may be used.
- FIG. 4 shows a configuration example of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7
- FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the intra-field interpolation circuit 8.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 includes 12 multiplication circuits 703 and 704 and an addition circuit 705.
- the input terminal 700 of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is supplied with the in-lace video input signal V1 of FIG.
- An input video signal b is supplied to the input terminal 720.
- interlaced video signals V 1 and b supplied to the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 are multiplied by 1 to 2 by the multiplication circuits 703 and 704, respectively, and then added by the addition circuit 705. It is output from the output 706 as the inter-frame interpolation signal F1.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is timing-controlled by a signal from a timing generation circuit (not shown), and operates so as to calculate an interpolation line of a field of interest.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 includes a one-line delay circuit 802, a ⁇ ⁇ multiplication circuit 803, 804, and an addition circuit 805.
- the input terminal 801 of the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 is supplied with the interlaced video signal a of FIG.
- the in-lace video signal a is supplied to a one-line delay circuit 802 and a multiplication circuit 804.
- the multiplication circuit 803 multiplies the given signal by 1Z2, and then supplies the resulting signal to the addition circuit 805.
- the multiplication circuit 804 multiplies the given signal by 1 Z 2, and then gives the resulting signal to the addition circuit 805.
- the adder circuit 805 adds the applied signals and outputs the resulting signal from an output terminal 806 as an inter-frame interpolation signal F2.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 is timing-controlled by a signal from a timing generation circuit (not shown), and operates so as to calculate an interpolation line of a field of interest.
- Examples of the output signals of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 and the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 are shown below, respectively.
- Table 8 (a) shows the signal output from the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7
- Table 8 (b) shows the signal output from the intra-field interpolation circuit 8.
- the hatched portions are the signals of the interpolation line of the field of interest, and these values are calculated.
- Table 8 shows the interpolation processing at the timing of the in-race video signal a. Values are displayed.
- the values in the L line column of the f3 field are as follows. That is, the value when the in-race video signal a is the L line of the f3 field is obtained as follows.
- the input terminal 701 of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is supplied with the value "3 7" (see Table 5 (b)) of the L line of the f3 field of the in-lace video signal V1. Further, the input terminal 720 of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is supplied with the value “2 18” of the L line of the f1 field of the in-lace video signal b.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 multiplies the given value by 12 in each of the multiplication circuits 703 and 704, and adds the respective values in the addition circuit 705 "1 27.5". In the same manner, the values of other hatched portions are calculated.
- one of the intra-field interpolation signals F 2 output from the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 is calculated.
- An example is shown in Table 8 (b), and Table 8 (b) also shows the value of the interpolation processing at the timing of the interlaced video signal a. The value subjected to the interpolation processing in the L + 1 line will be described below.
- the L + 3 line of the f2 field which is the output from the first one-field delay circuit 1
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 Is entered.
- the value one line or more before, that is, the value “2 5 5” of the L + 1 line of the f2 field is output from the one-line delay circuit 802 and multiplied by 1 Z 2 by the multiplication circuit 803.
- "0" which is the value of the L + 3 line of the f2 field is multiplied by 1 and 2 and output.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 adds the signals supplied from the multiplication circuits 803 and 804 by an addition circuit 805, and obtains "1 2 8" which is a value close to the value "1 27.5". Is calculated as the value interpolated in the field. Similarly, the values of the other hatched parts are calculated.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of the internal configuration of the output circuit 9.
- the output circuit 9 includes a ratio calculation circuit 905, multiplication circuits 906, 907, an addition circuit 908, and a switching circuit 909.
- hi is a ratio value calculated by the ratio calculation circuit 905, and is a numerical value of 0 or more and 1 or less.
- the multiplication circuit 907 is an ⁇ -times multiplication circuit
- the multiplication circuit 906 is a (1 ⁇ h) -times multiplication circuit.
- the input terminal 901 is supplied with the inter-frame interpolation signal F1, and the input terminal 902 is supplied with the intra-field interpolation signal F2.
- the input terminal 904 is provided with an interface video signal a, and the input terminal 903 is provided with a value corresponding to the motion amount information M.
- the ratio calculation circuit 905 is a ratio calculation circuit that calculates the ratio between the still image and the moving image output from the output circuit 9 according to the motion amount information M provided from the input terminal 903.
- the multiplication circuits 906 and 907 multiply the signal output from the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 input from the input terminals 901 and 902, respectively, and the output signal from the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 respectively. Addition is performed by an adder circuit 908.
- control can be performed such that the smaller the motion amount information M is, the higher the ratio of the output of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is.
- the switching circuit 909 switches between the video signal a supplied to the input terminal 904 and the signal supplied from the adding circuit 908.
- the switching circuit 909 outputs an evening race video signal a if the signal of the field of interest is a current line by an evening timing generating circuit (not shown), and an adder circuit 90 if the signal is an interpolation line. It can be switched to output the signal output from 8.
- the input terminal 903 of the switching circuit 9 has the motion amount information shown in Table 7 (b). M is entered. For example, since the motion amount information M of the f4 field, the f5 field, and the f8 field is “0”, the ratio value a output from the ratio calculation circuit 905 is calculated as “0”.
- the ratio value output from the ratio calculation circuit 905 is calculated as “0.2”. You. This ratio value is shown in the brackets in Table 7 (b). As shown above, Table 9 shows the result of the output circuit 9 performing the operation according to the magnitude of the ratio value ⁇ .
- the value of the L + 1 line in the f4 field is the value “0.0” (see Table 7 (b)), which is the ratio value obtained from the motion amount information M.
- the output value of the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 has the value “1 91” (see Table 8 (a)).
- the value “7 7” is a value close to the value “76.8” obtained by adding the multiplied value “25.6”.
- Table 9 (b) shows the absolute value of the difference between the value output from the output circuit 9 shown in Table 9 (a) and the original video signal.
- the difference is calculated as follows, taking into account the time difference of one field, which is the delay in the image converter 100.
- the value of +3 line of f5 field “2 1 8” is a line that is not transmitted in the in-lace video signal, but taking into account the delay of one field, the output circuit 9 Outputs the value "1 7 9" as the value of the L + 3 line of the f6 field.
- the value "39” is calculated as the absolute value of the difference between the value "2 1 8" of the L + 3 line of the f5 field and the value "1 79" of the L + 3 line of the output f6 field. Is done. In this way, the difference between the original video signal value on the interpolation line and the value output from the output circuit 9 is calculated as shown in Table 9 (b).
- the difference between the brightness of the interpolation signal and the current signal is set to a value “40” or less. Can be suppressed. This value can be made much smaller than the value “90”, which is the difference from the current signal in the conventional interpolation line shown in Table 4 (b). That is, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to greatly reduce the problem of the conventional example that the moving image processing is easily performed when the image moves slowly in the vertical direction, and the image quality is easily deteriorated.
- the image conversion apparatus 100 compares the progressive video field signal P 1 and the progressive video field signal P 2 with different base fields, and outputs the comparison result as motion amount information M. Therefore, accurate motion detection can be performed.
- the image conversion device 100 Even when an image having a large luminance difference in the direction moves slowly, accurate motion determination can be performed, and a stable and high-resolution image can be provided.
- the interlaced video signals V 1, a, b and the progressive video field signal P 2 Is generated, and a progressive video field signal P1 is generated from the interface video signals a, b, and c.
- the progressive video field signal P1 is compared with the progressive video field signal P2.
- the generation of the progressive video field signal P1 and the progressive video field signal P2 is not limited to the generation of the field signals of four interlaced video signals that are successively delayed one field at a time.
- a progressive video field signal P1 is created using the field signal of the in-lace video signal VI and the field signal of the in-lace video signal a of the interlaced video signals VI, a, and b.
- the progressive video field signal P2 may be created from the interlaced video signals a and b. In this way, the amount of data stored in the field memory can be reduced, and a high-performance image converter with low cost can be provided.
- the interlace video signal a is used as the current line of the progressive video field signal P1
- the calculated value of the interlace video signal V1 and the interlaced video signal b is used as the interpolation line.
- the field signal of the interlaced video signal b is used as the current line of the progressive video field signal P2
- the field signal of the interlaced video V1 and the field signal of the interlaced video signal c are used as interpolation lines. The calculated value is used.
- the interpolation line is calculated by the calculation of the video signals VI and b, and the relative values of the video signals a and b are calculated. Since the amount of motion works so as to cancel each other out, even if there is motion in the image, it is possible to accurately judge whether the image is still or moving, and the image quality can be improved with high accuracy, and higher High quality progressive video can be provided.
- the circuit scale can be simplified, and a low-cost circuit can be realized.
- the comparison circuit 6 is provided between the corresponding pixel between the progressive video field signal P1 generated by the first progressive video generation circuit 4 and the progressive video field signal P2 generated by the second progressive video generation circuit 5.
- the value of the pixel corresponding to the comparison and its surrounding pixels are compared for each pixel, and the result is output as a motion amount M.
- the motion detection can be performed with higher accuracy.
- an interlaced video signal may be referred to as an in-laced video field signal, and a progressive video signal may be particularly referred to as a progressive image frame signal.
- an intermediate progressive video signal before reaching final output is a processed signal of a television video field unit, and is therefore referred to as a progressive video field signal.
- a progressive video field signal is referred to as a progressive video frame signal, which means the same meaning, and the present invention is not limited to the notation of a progressive video field signal. That is, the progressive video field signal indicates a progressive video signal generated from the in-lace video field signal.
- the image generation circuit 5 corresponds to the interpolation circuit
- the first The one-field delay circuit 1, the second one-field delay circuit 2, and the third one-field delay circuit 3 correspond to an in-line lace generation circuit
- the progressive video field signal P1 corresponds to a first progressive signal
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 corresponds to the first progressive circuit
- the progressive video field signal P 2 corresponds to the second progressive signal
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 corresponds to the second progressive circuit. Is equivalent to
- the comparison circuit 6 corresponds to a motion calculation circuit
- the inter-frame interpolation signal F 1 corresponds to a still image progressive signal
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 corresponds to a still image processing circuit
- the inter-field interpolation signal F 2 corresponds to a moving image.
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 corresponds to a moving image processing circuit
- the interlaced video signals V 1, a, b, and c correspond to the first to fourth interlaced video signals, respectively.
- the progressive video field signal P 1 formed by the first progressive video generation circuit 4 of FIG. 1 and the progressive video field formed by the second progressive video generation circuit 5 of FIG. A plurality of new virtual pixels are formed between lines of the signal P2.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an image conversion device according to the second embodiment.
- An image converter 100a according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 7 differs from the image converter 100 according to the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in the following points. .
- the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment is different from the image conversion device 100 according to the first embodiment in that the first video signal forming circuit 10 and the second video signal This further includes a signal forming circuit 11.
- the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment includes a comparison circuit 6a instead of the comparison circuit 6 of the image conversion device 100 according to the first embodiment.
- An output circuit 9a is included instead of the output circuit 9 of the image conversion apparatus 100 according to the embodiment.
- the other configuration of the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment is the same as the configuration of the image conversion device 100 according to the first embodiment, so the same components are the same.
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 of the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment is provided between the pixels of the progressive video field signal P1 output by the first progressive video generating circuit 4. A new pixel is formed. Further, the second video signal forming circuit 11 newly forms a pixel between the pixels of the progressive video field signal P2 output from the second progressive video generating circuit 5.
- the comparison circuit 6a includes a newly formed progressive video field signal P3 output by the first video signal forming circuit 10 and a newly formed progressive video field signal 11 output by the second video signal forming circuit 11.
- the pixel value of the corresponding progressive video field signal P4 is compared with the corresponding pixel, or the value of the corresponding pixel is compared with the value of the peripheral pixels, and the comparison result is used as the motion amount information Ma.
- FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the first video signal forming circuit 10
- FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the second video signal forming circuit 11.
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 includes a one-line delay circuit 1002, 1003, a multiplication circuit 10004, 1005,. 5 and the adder circuit 1 0 1, 6, 1 0, 1,.
- the multiplication coefficients of the multiplication circuits 1005, 1008, 1001, 1104 are set to 14 respectively.
- the respective multiplication coefficients of the multiplication circuits 1006, 10007, 1001, 2103 are set to 24.
- the multiplication coefficient of each of the multiplication circuits 1004, 10009, 10010, and 10015 is set to 3/4 (as shown in FIG. Circuit 1 1 is a one-line delay circuit 1 1 0 2, 1 1 0 3, Multiplication circuit 1 1 04, 1 1 0 5, 1 1 1 5 and addition circuit 1 1 1 6, 1 1 1 7, 1 1 2 Including 1.
- the multiplication coefficients of the multiplier circuits 1105, 1108, 1111, and 114 are set to 1Z4.
- the respective multiplication coefficients of the multiplication circuits 1 1 0 6, 1 1 0 7, 1 1 1 2, 1 1 1 3 are set to 2Z4.
- the multiplication coefficient of each of the multiplication circuits 1104, 1109, 1110, and 1115 is set to 3Z4.
- the progressive video field signal P 1 output from the first progressive video generation circuit 4 is supplied to an input terminal 1001.
- the progressive video field signal P 1 given to the input terminal 100 1 is given to the one-line delay circuit 100 2.
- the one-line delay circuit 1002 delays the progressive video field signal P 1 by one line, generates the progressive video field signal P 11, and delays the generated progressive video field signal P 11 by one line. Give to circuit 1003.
- the one-line delay circuit 1003 delays the applied progressive video field signal P 11 by one line to generate a progressive video field signal P 12.
- the progressive video field signal P 1 applied to the input terminal 100 1 is applied to the multiplication circuits 10 11, 10 13, and 10 15, respectively.
- the progressive video field signal P 11 generated by the one-line delay circuit 100 2 is applied to the multiplication circuits 100 5, 100 7, 100 9, 100 1 0, 1 0 1 2, 1 0 1 4. Each is given.
- the progressive video field signal P 12 generated by the one-line delay circuit 1003 is provided to the multiplication circuits 1004, 1006, and 1008, respectively.
- the given progressive video field signal P12 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output in the t multiplication circuit 1005 to the addition circuit 1006.
- the progressive video field signal P 11 multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient is output to the adder circuit 106.
- Multiplication times In the path 1006, the given progressive video field signal P12 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the adder circuit 107.
- the given progressive video field signal P 11 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the adder circuit 107.
- the given progressive video field signal P 12 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the adder circuit 108.
- the multiplier circuit 109 the given progressive video field signal P 11 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the adder circuit 109.
- the multiplication circuit 110 the given progressive video field signal P 11 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the addition circuit 110 19.
- the given progressive video field signal P 1 is multiplied by a set multiplication coefficient and output to the addition circuit 110 19.
- the given progressive video field signal P 111 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the addition circuit 102.
- the given progressive video field signal P 1 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the addition circuit 102.
- the multiplier circuit 104 the given progressive video field signal P11 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the adder circuit 102.
- the given progressive video field signal P1 is multiplied by the set multiplication coefficient and output to the addition circuit 1021.
- the adder circuit 106 the output signals of the multiplier circuit 104 and the multiplier circuit 105 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 102.
- the adder circuit 107 the output signals of the multiplier circuit 106 and the multiplier circuit 107 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 102.
- the adder circuit 108 the output signals of the multiplier circuit 108 and the multiplier circuit 109 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 102.
- the adder circuit 109 the output signals of the multiplier circuit 101 and the multiplier circuit 101 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 106. Is done.
- the adding circuit 1020 the output signals of the multiplying circuit 1012 and the multiplying circuit 1013 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 1027.
- the adding circuit 1021 the output signals of the multiplying circuit 10014 and the multiplying circuit 101 are added, and a progressive video field signal is output from the output terminal 1028.
- the progressive video field signal P 11 of the one-line delay circuit 100 2 is output from the output terminal 10 25.
- the operation of the first video signal forming circuit 10 is calculated based on a signal from a timing generating circuit (not shown). Note that the signal of the timing generation circuit is formed by forming an interpolation line of the progressive video field signal P1 generated by the first progressive video generation circuit 4 at the timing output from the one-line delay circuit 1002. I have.
- the value of 2Z4 of the pixel of the interpolation line of interest and the value of 24 of the pixel of the current line above the interpolation line are added and output to the output terminal 1023. Therefore, a pixel at a distance of 2Z4 of one line from the pixel of the interpolation line to be noticed to the pixel of the current line above the interpolation line is formed.
- the output terminal 1024 adds the value of 3Z4 of the pixel of the interpolation line to be noted and the value of 1/4 of the pixel of the current line above the interpolation line and outputs the result. Therefore, a pixel at a distance of 1Z4 of one line from the pixel of the interpolation line to be noticed to the pixel of the current line above the interpolation line is formed.
- the value of 3Z4 of the pixel of the interpolation line of interest and the value of 14 of the pixel of the current line below the interpolation line are added and output to the output terminal 1026. Therefore, from the pixel of the interpolation line of interest to the pixel of the current line below the interpolation line This means that a pixel at a distance of 1 to 4 on one line has been formed.
- the value of 24 of the pixel of the interpolation line of interest and the value of 2-4 of the pixel of the current line below the interpolation line are added and output to the output terminal 1027. Therefore, a pixel is formed at a position that is at a distance of 2-4 in one line from the pixel of the interpolation line of interest to the pixel of the current line below the interpolation line.
- a pixel is formed at a position 34 distances away from the pixel of the interpolation line of interest to the pixel of the current line below the interpolation line.
- the output example of the first video signal forming circuit 10 and the output example of the second video signal forming circuit 11 are shown in the table.
- Table 10 (a) shows the output signal from the output terminal 10 29 of the first video signal forming circuit 10
- Table 10 (b) shows the output terminal of the second video signal forming circuit 11. Shows the output signal from 1 129.
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 sets the pixel of the L + 1.25 line between the L + 2 line and the L + 1 line of the f4 field.
- the value of the pixel on the L + 1 line, ⁇ 1 9 1.25 '' which is a value obtained by multiplying the value of the pixel on the L + 1 line ⁇ 2 5 5 '' by 3 times 4
- Add “3 2” which is 14 times the value of “28” and calculate the total value “22 3.25”.
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 selects “2 2 3” as a neighborhood value of the calculated total value “2 23.25”, and selects the pixel of the L + 1.25 line of the f4 field. Output as the value of.
- the second video signal forming circuit 11 sets the pixels of the L + 4.25 line between the L + 4 line and the L + 5 line of the f5-field relay.
- the value of the pixel on the L + 4 line, “37.7” is calculated by multiplying the value of “3 7” by 3 ⁇ 4, and the value of the pixel on the L + 5 line, “1 2 Add “3 2”, which is the value obtained by multiplying “8” by 1 to 4 times, and calculate the total value “59.77.5”.
- the second video signal forming circuit 11 selects “60” as a neighborhood value of the calculated total value “59.75”, and selects the pixel of the L + 4.25 line pixel of the f5 field. Output as value c In this way, the values of the pixels on the other lines are also calculated and output.
- the above-described operation is performed, and newly formed pixels are added to the progressive video field signals P1 and P2.
- the progressive video field signals P3 and P4 are output to the comparison circuit 6a.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the comparison circuit 6a.
- the comparison circuit 6a includes buffer circuits 6003 and 6004, a motion calculation circuit 60005, and a minimum value circuit 6006.
- the input terminal 600 1 of the comparator 6 a is connected to the first video signal forming circuit 10
- the progressive video field signal P3 is supplied to the input terminal 6002, and the progressive video field signal P4 is supplied from the second video signal forming circuit 11 to the input terminal 6002.
- the progressive video field signals P3 and P4 given from the input terminals 6001 and 6002 are given to the buffer circuits 6003 and 6004, respectively.
- the buffer circuits 6003 and 6004 accumulate the progressive video field signals P3 and P4 at predetermined intervals, and after a predetermined interval elapses, the motion arithmetic circuit 6005 stores the progressive video field signals P7 and P8. give.
- the motion calculation circuit 6005 calculates the value between the corresponding pixels or the value of the corresponding pixel and its surrounding pixels. And outputs the result of the comparison as the amount of motion M1.
- the minimum value circuit 6006 selects the minimum value from the motion amount M1 output from the motion operation circuit 6005, and outputs it as the motion amount information Ma from the output terminal 6007.
- the motion calculation circuit 6005 performs motion detection based on the input progressive video field signal.
- progressive video field signals P7 and P8 in which pixels are newly formed are supplied from the buffer circuits 600 and 6004, respectively.
- the motion detection is performed for one pixel of the L + 3 line of the f4 field of the progressive video field signal, three pixels above the L + 3 line, and three pixels below the L + 3 line. It is performed as follows based on a total of 7 pixels.
- the value of the L + 3 line in the f4 field is the value of the L + 2.25 line to the L + 3.75 line in the f4 field shown in Table 10 (a), and the value of the f + field shown in Table 10 (b) It is obtained by adding the absolute value of the difference between the L + 2.25 line and the L + 3.75 line value of the 4 fields.
- the above equation shows the smallest value when the image is stationary without moving at all. For example, if the value of the L + 3 line in the f4 field indicates a small value, it can be determined that the image has not changed around the pixel, and it can be estimated that the image is a still image.
- the value one line above the L + 3 line in the f4 field is the value from the L + 2 line to the L + 3.50 line in the f4 field shown in Table 10 (a), and the value shown in Table 10 (b). It is obtained by adding the absolute value of the difference between the value of the L + 2.25 line to the L + 3.75 line of the f4 field.
- the distance between two vertically adjacent lines in the same field is expressed as one pixel field
- the distance between the two lines is expressed as 0.5 pixel field
- the distance between two lines is expressed as 0.5 pixel field
- the distance 14 between two lines is expressed as 0.25 pixel field
- the distance 3Z4 between the two lines is expressed as 0.75 pixel field.
- the value in the above formula indicates the smallest value when the image moves 0.25 pixel fields in the lower line direction.
- the values two lines above the L + 3 line in the f4 field are the values from the L + 1.75 line to the L + 3.25 line in the f4 field shown in Table 10 (a).
- the value in the above equation indicates the smallest value when the image moves by 0.50 pixels / field in the lower line direction.
- the value of the L + 3 line in the f4 field is calculated as 55, the value one above the L + 3 line in the f4 field is calculated as “38”, and the value of L + 3 in the f4 field is calculated as “38”.
- the value two lines above is calculated as "18”.
- the value three lines above the L + 3 line in the f 4 field is calculated as “22”
- the value one line below the L + 3 line in the f 4 field is calculated as “7 1”
- the value in the f 4 field The value two lines below the L + 3 line is calculated as “84”, and the value three lines below the L + 3 line in the f4 field is calculated as “98”.
- L + 3 line value of these f4 fields L + 3 line up value, L + 3 line up value, L + 3 line up value, L + 3 line up value, L + 3 line
- the value of one below, the value of two below the L + 3 line, and the value of three below the L + 3 line are 0.75 pixel fields in the downward direction and 0.50 in the downward direction, respectively. Pixel / field, 0.25 pixel field downward, still, 0.25 pixel / field upward, 0.50 pixel field upward, 0.75 pixel minimum Show.
- the motion calculation circuit 6005 calculates the motion amount, the motion direction, and the likelihood based on the correlation between the progressive video field signals P 7 and P 8, and outputs the motion amount M 1 .
- the output result of the motion amount M1 of the motion operation circuit 6005 is shown in the table. (Table 11 (a))
- the motion direction and the motion amount and the likelihood thereof are determined based on the minimum value of the output of the motion calculation circuit 6005.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and a predetermined threshold may be set, and when the minimum value of the seven columns is equal to or smaller than the predetermined threshold, the motion amount may be determined to be small.
- the predetermined threshold is set to “20”
- the moving amount and the moving direction are 0.5 pixel fields in the downward direction.
- information output to the output circuit 9 can be reduced, and the circuit can be simplified.
- the motion calculation circuit 6005 calculates the motion amount and the certainty of the 0.25 pixel / field, the 0.50 pixel Z field, and the 0.75 pixel field, and sends the motion to the minimum value circuit 6006. Give as quantity M1.
- the minimum value circuit 6006 selects the value indicating the minimum value from the motion amount M1 given from the motion calculation circuit 6005 at the pixel of the interpolation line of interest, and outputs the motion amount information Ma to the output terminal 6007.
- Table 11 (b) shows the minimum value of the amount of motion as described above for each pixel on the interpolation line, and this value is used as the amount of motion information Ma from the comparison circuit 6a. Is output.
- a new pixel is formed between the lines, and a progressive video field signal P3 and a progressive video field signal P4 having higher resolution are formed.
- the motion amount information Ma is calculated by the comparison circuit 6a based on these.
- the image conversion apparatus 100a in the image conversion apparatus 100a according to the second embodiment, highly accurate motion detection can be performed, and the control of the output ratio of a moving image or a still image in an output circuit described later can be performed accurately. At the same time, it is possible to generate a progressive video field signal with high resolution with little deterioration in image quality.
- the comparison circuit 6a of the image conversion apparatus 100a compares the values between the corresponding pixels and the values of the corresponding pixels and the peripheral pixels at the time of calculation, and compares the values. Is output as the amount of motion.
- the surrounding pixels can be used for the calculation, so that the calculation accuracy is improved and the detection accuracy of the motion amount of the progressive video field signal can be improved.
- the relationship between the pixels used in the calculation is not limited to the above embodiment, and only the calculation between the corresponding pixels may be performed, or only the calculation between the corresponding pixel and the peripheral pixels may be performed. It is also possible to perform both operations together.
- a progressive video field signal P3 and a progressive video field signal P4 are formed, and the motion amount is calculated based on these.
- the present invention is not limited to this, and other comparison methods may be used.
- the pixel that originally existed as the progressive video field signal P1 is used without using the newly formed pixel, and the pixel that originally existed is used.
- a comparison may be made with the newly formed progressive video field signal P4.
- the pixel that originally existed as the progressive video field signal P2 was used without using the newly formed pixel, and the pixel originally existed. The pixel may be compared with the newly formed progressive video field signal P3.
- either the first video signal forming circuit 10 or the second video signal forming circuit 11 can be reduced, so that the circuit scale can be reduced and the circuit cost can be reduced. Reduction can be achieved.
- the comparison circuit 6a outputs the progressive video field signal P2 and the progressive video field signal P3, the progressive video field signal P1 and the progressive video field signal P4, or the progressive video field signal P3 and the progressive video. It is possible to calculate the motion amount information Ma by comparing the values between the corresponding pixels of the field signal P4, and the values of the corresponding pixels and the peripheral pixels, and outputting the comparison result as the amount of motion. it can.
- Figure 10 shows the internal configuration of the output circuit 9a. It is a figure showing an example.
- An output circuit 9a according to the second embodiment is different from the output circuit 9 according to the first embodiment in that the output circuit 9a includes a ratio calculation circuit 9005 instead of the ratio calculation circuit 905. is there.
- Other configurations are the same as those of the ratio calculation circuit 905 shown in FIG. 6, and therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference characters, and only different portions will be described below.
- An input terminal 903 of the ratio calculation circuit 900 shown in FIG. 10 is given a numerical value indicating the amount of movement and the direction of movement from the comparison circuit 6a and the likelihood thereof.
- the ratio calculation circuit 9005 determines that the ratio of the still image is large when the given amount of movement and the direction of movement and the numerical value indicating the likelihood are equal to or smaller than predetermined values. In this case, the ratio calculation circuit 9005 decreases the ratio value ⁇ so as to increase the ratio of still images and outputs the result.
- the ratio calculation circuit 9005 sets the ratio value as follows based on the motion amount, the motion direction, and a numerical value indicating the likelihood (hereinafter, abbreviated as a numerical value indicating the motion amount).
- a ratio value of 0 is output.
- the ratio value is set to 0. 2 is output, and when the numerical value indicating the amount of motion is equal to or less than 1.0.0, 0.5 is output as the ratio value, and the numerical value indicating the amount of motion is greater than 1.0. At this time, “1.0” is output as the ratio value.
- the ratio detection circuit 9005 when the numerical value indicating the amount of motion indicates a value equal to or less than “20”, it is determined that an accurate direction and amount of motion are extracted, and the above conditions are used to determine the amount of motion.
- the ratio ⁇ may be fixed to “1.0” and output assuming that the direction and amount of motion are uncertain. Therefore, when the values shown in Table 11 (b) are given to the ratio detection circuit 9005, the numerical values indicating all the motion amounts are "0.5” or less, and the ratio detection circuit 9005 Outputs “0” as the ratio value to the multiplication circuits 906 and 907.
- the setting method of the ratio value according to the second embodiment is set such that the ratio of the still image increases when the motion amount of the video field signal is equal to or less than 1.0 line.
- the present invention is not limited to this.
- the numerical value indicating the amount of movement is “0.75”
- the ratio of the still image may be increased.
- the numerical value indicating the amount of motion is “0.50 J or less”
- the ratio of the still image may be increased.
- the table shows the output value of the output circuit 9a when the ratio ⁇ is set to 0 when the numerical value indicating the amount of motion is equal to or less than “0.50” under the above conditions.
- the value of the interpolated pixel is calculated for the portion where the motion direction and the motion amount are determined according to Table 12 (a), and the difference between the calculation result of the determined portion and the signal before the race is calculated. It is shown in Table 12 (b). (Table 1 2 (b))
- Table 12 (b) is calculated taking into account the time difference of one field, which is the delay in this circuit, as in the calculation in Table 9 (b). Comparing Table 12 (b) with Table 9 (b), it can be seen that the error in field f6 has been reduced from "3 9" to "2 6".
- the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment detects a moving image or a still image with higher accuracy than the image conversion device 100 according to the first embodiment. This indicates that images can be converted more accurately.
- the image conversion device 100a according to the second embodiment is likely to be a moving image process when the image moves slowly and in the line direction, which is provided in the conventional motion-adaptive progressive conversion device. It can be said that the problem is solved more effectively than the image conversion apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment for the problem that it is easy to perform.
- the image conversion device 100a uses a progressive video field signal P3 and a progressive video field signal P4, each of which newly forms a virtual pixel, to generate a corresponding pixel-to-pixel relationship and a corresponding pixel-to-pixel relationship.
- a progressive video field signal P3 and a progressive video field signal P4 each of which newly forms a virtual pixel, to generate a corresponding pixel-to-pixel relationship and a corresponding pixel-to-pixel relationship.
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 or the second video signal forming circuit 11 newly adds a pixel between the lines of the progressive video field signals P 3 and P 4 respectively. Because of this, when the interlaced video signal V1 is converted to a progressive video field signal, the precision in the vertical direction that requires stricter conversion precision can be increased, and a new pixel in the horizontal direction can be added. Since the circuit for generating the image data can be omitted, the increase in the circuit scale can be suppressed low, and a high-precision image conversion device can be provided at low cost.
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 the first video signal formation circuit 10 and the second video signal formation circuit 11 correspond to an interpolation circuit, and the first one-field delay circuit 1 and the second one field
- the delay circuit 2 and the third one-field delay circuit 3 correspond to an interlace generating circuit
- the progressive video field signal P 1 corresponds to a first progressive signal
- the first progressive video generating circuit 4 corresponds to a first progressive video generating circuit.
- the progressive video field signal P 2 corresponds to the second progressive signal
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 corresponds to the second progressive circuit.
- the comparison circuit 6a corresponds to a motion calculation circuit
- the inter-frame interpolation signal F1 corresponds to a still image progressive signal
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 corresponds to a still image processing circuit
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 corresponds to a moving image processing circuit
- the interlaced video signals V 1, a, b, c correspond to the first to fourth interlaced video signals, respectively.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image conversion device according to the third embodiment.
- An image conversion apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 11 performs image conversion according to the first embodiment of FIG.
- the difference from the configuration of the conversion apparatus 100 is that the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 is deleted, the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 is added, and an output circuit 9b is included instead of the output circuit 9. Since the configuration is the same as that of the image conversion apparatus 100b of FIG. 1, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only different portions will be described below.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 in FIG. 11 is supplied with the interlaced video signal V 1 and the interlaced video signal a which is the output signal from the first one-field delay circuit 1.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 detects an average value of values of peripheral pixels including a pixel corresponding to an image between respective fields based on the synchro-race video signal V1 and the synchro-lace video signal a. .
- the given video is a flicker image in which the signal value originally changes greatly between fields. it is conceivable that.
- an image with fritiness refers to a state in which the entire image flickers, for example, a state in which the entire image repeatedly changes to white, black, white, and black for each field.
- a flicker image is formed in a video signal when a strobe (flash) is continuously emitted in a dark room.
- the image conversion device should output a signal for intra-field interpolation processing as moving image processing. is there.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 detects whether or not the image is a flit-like image, and informs the output circuit 9b of whether or not to output the signal of the intra-field interpolation processing which is a moving image processing. give.
- the output circuit 9b increases the ratio of the signal of the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 when the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 gives a signal to output the signal of the intra-field interpolation processing which is a moving image processing. Output. This makes it possible to create a frit image, for example, continuous It is possible to prevent the still image processing from being erroneously performed even on an image including a flash or the like of the camera, and to provide a more accurate image conversion device 100b.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12 performs detection using an average value of signal values of peripheral pixels including a corresponding pixel of a video signal between fields of an interlaced video field. As a result, it is possible to provide a more accurate image converter 100b with a relatively small circuit scale.
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 in FIG. 1 is deleted, and the second progressive video generation is performed instead of the output from the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7.
- the output signal of circuit 5 is provided to output circuit 9b.
- the number of inter-frame interpolation circuits 7 can be reduced, so that a low-cost image converter 100 can be provided.
- FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing another example of the non-applicable area detection circuit.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a shown in FIG. 12 includes a first area detection circuit 21, a second area circuit 22, and a discrimination circuit 30.
- the interlaced video signal V 1 is supplied to the first one-field delay circuit 1 and the first area detection circuit 21.
- the first one-field delay circuit 1 delays the given interlaced video signal V 1 by one field to generate an interlaced video signal a, and converts the interlaced video signal a to a second area detection circuit 2 2 Give to.
- the first area detection circuit 21 calculates an average value AV 1 on one line, a maximum value MAX 1 on one line, and a minimum value MIN 1 on one line from the given in-lace video signal V 1. It is given to the discriminating circuit 30.
- the second area detection circuit 22 calculates the average value AV2 of one line of the interlaced video signal a given from the first one-field delay circuit 1, the maximum value of one line MAX2, the minimum value of one line MIN 2 is given to the judgment circuit 30.
- the discrimination circuit 30 determines whether the first area detection circuit 21 and the second area detection circuit 22
- the image given based on the given average values AV1, AV2, the maximum values MAX1, MAX2, and the minimum values MINI, MIN2 is a flicker image in which the signal value originally changes greatly between fields. Is detected.
- the determination circuit 30 determines whether or not the difference between the first average value AV1 and the second average value AV2 is greater than the first threshold value. Next, the determination circuit 30 determines whether or not the difference between the first maximum value MAX1 and the first minimum value MIN1 is larger than the second threshold value. Further, the determination circuit 30 determines whether or not the difference between the second maximum value M AX 2 and the second minimum value M IN 2 is larger than the third threshold value.
- the discrimination circuit 30 determines that the difference between the first average value AV1 and the second average value AV2 is larger than the first threshold value, and the first maximum value MAX1 and the first minimum value MIN If the difference between 1 and 2 is smaller than the second threshold, and the difference between the second maximum value MAX 2 and the second minimum value MIN 2 is smaller than the third threshold, The non-application area detection signal NI determined to be present is output to the output circuit 9b.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a compares the average value of the peripheral pixel including the pixel of the video signal delayed by one line with the average value of the peripheral pixel including the pixel of the current line to obtain the flicker force. It is possible to accurately detect whether or not the image is a sex image, and to provide to the output circuit 9b whether or not to output a signal of the in-field interpolation processing which is a moving image processing.
- the output circuit 9b determines the ratio of the signal of the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 when the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a gives a signal to output the signal of the intra-field interpolation processing which is a moving image processing. Increase and output. As a result, it is possible to prevent a still image from being erroneously processed even for an image including a frit image, for example, a flash containing a continuous camera, and a more accurate image conversion apparatus. 100 b can be provided.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a detects whether or not the image is a flicker image based on an average value of signal values of peripheral pixels including a corresponding pixel of an image between fields of the interlaced video signal. I have. As a result, a relatively small circuit size and higher accuracy An image converter 100b can be provided.
- FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing still another example of the non-applicable area detection circuit.
- the difference between the non-applicable area detection circuit 12b shown in FIG. 13 and the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a shown in FIG. 12 is that the configuration of the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a further includes a third area. This is the point that the detection circuit 23 and the second one-field delay circuit 2 are included.
- the other configuration is the same as that of the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a shown in FIG. 12. Therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and only different portions will be described below.
- the first one-field delay circuit 1 generates an interlaced video signal a by delaying a given interface video signal V 1 by one field, and converts the interlaced video signal a into
- the second one-field delay circuit 2 and the second area detection circuit 22 are provided.
- the second one-field delay circuit 2 delays the given interlaced video signal a by one field to generate an interlaced video signal b, and detects the interlaced video signal b in the third area. Give to circuit 23.
- the third area detection circuit 23 determines an average value AV3 on one line, a maximum value MAX3 on one line, and a minimum value MIN3 on one line from a given interlaced video signal b. Give to 30.
- the discrimination circuit 30 is composed of the average values AV1, AV2, AV3, and the maximum value MAX given from the first area detection circuit 21, the second area detection circuit 22 and the third area detection circuit 23. 1, MAX 2, MAX 3 and the minimum value MIN 1, MIN 2, MIN 3 are used to detect whether or not the given image is a flicker image in which the signal value originally largely changes between fields.
- the determination circuit 30 determines whether or not the difference between the first average value AV1 and the second average value AV2 is larger than the first threshold value. Further, the determination circuit 30 determines whether the difference between the second average value AV2 and the third average value AV3 is larger than the fourth threshold value.
- the determination circuit 30 calculates the first maximum value MAX1 and the first minimum value MIN1. Determine if the difference is greater than the second threshold.
- the discrimination circuit 30 determines whether the difference between the second maximum value MAX 2 and the second minimum value MIN 2 is greater than a third threshold value. Determine whether the difference between the value MAX2 and the third minimum value MIN2 is greater than the fifth threshold value.
- the signal value changes greatly between fields, but the signal value does not change significantly within one field.
- the discriminating circuit 30 determines that the difference between the first average value AV1 and the second average value AV2 is larger than the first threshold value, and that the first maximum value MAX1 and the first minimum value MIN1 Is smaller than the second threshold value, the difference between the second maximum value MAX2 and the second minimum value MI2 is smaller than the third threshold value, and the third average value AV3 and the second Flicker when the difference between the average value AV2 and the second maximum value MAX3 and the third minimum value MIN3 is smaller than the fifth threshold value.
- the non-applied area detection signal NI determined to be a sex image is output to the output circuit 9b.
- the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a includes the peripheral pixel including the pixel of the video signal delayed by two lines, the peripheral pixel including the pixel of the video signal delayed by one line, and the pixel of the current line.
- the output circuit 9b determines the ratio of the signal of the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 when the non-applicable area detection circuit 12a gives a signal to output the signal of the intra-field interpolation processing which is a moving image processing. Increase and output. As a result, it is possible to prevent a still image from being erroneously processed even for an image containing a frit image, for example, a video including a flash of a continuous camera. 100 b can be provided.
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5, the first video signal formation circuit 10 and the second video signal formation circuit 11 correspond to an interpolation circuit, and a first one-field delay circuit 1 and a second one-field Delay circuit 2 and third 1
- the first delay circuit 3 corresponds to an interlace generation circuit
- the progressive video field signal P 1 corresponds to a first progressive signal
- the first progressive video generation circuit 4 corresponds to a first progressive circuit
- the progressive video field signal P 2 corresponds to a second progressive signal
- the second progressive video generation circuit 5 corresponds to a second progressive circuit
- the first video signal forming circuit 10 is a first pixel forming circuit.
- the second video signal forming circuit 11 corresponds to the second pixel forming circuit
- the non-applicable areas 12, 12 a, and 12 b correspond to the determining circuit.
- the comparison circuit 6 corresponds to a motion calculation circuit
- the inter-frame interpolation signal F 1 corresponds to a still image progressive signal
- the inter-frame interpolation circuit 7 corresponds to a still image processing circuit
- the inter-field interpolation signal F 2 corresponds to a moving image. It corresponds to a progressive signal
- the intra-field interpolation circuit 8 corresponds to a moving image processing circuit
- the interlaced video signals V1, a, b, and c correspond to the first to fourth in-lace video signals, respectively. I do.
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