Precision Deinterlacing IP Core

The precision deinterlacing IP Core delivers the image quality demanded by today's large-screen, high-resolution displays. It eliminates many of the artifacts found in common deinterlacers to produce a smooth image, free of artifacts such as jagged edges and combing.

Video deinterlacing is performed to expand common interlaced video formats such as 480i/576i (NTSC, PAL) from a DVD player or 1080i from Blu-ray Disc or HD broadcast to progressive video required for presentation on a flat screen or computer display. In a DTV, or Blu-ray or set-top box SoC, the precision deinterlacing IP core is placed in the digital video processing chain behind a video decoder (such as Silicon Image’s H.264/MPEG-2/VC-1 cineramIC video decoder IP core) or as part of a video output unit which sends the video content to the display.

Precision deinterlacing features five-field motion-adaptive deinterlacing and edge-adaptive processing for video sources, along with advanced cadence detection for film and animation sources. All processing is performed at full 10-bit resolution to preserve all the detail and subtle nuances in the video source. Edge-adaptive processing uses an adaptive, continuous-angle detection algorithm to accurately identify and smooth image edges.

Unique, "any-cadence" processing automatically locks to the wide variety of film and animation cadences found in current video sources, including non-standard cadences, and will track right through many types of "bad edits" and cadence changes. Precision deinterlacing features operating modes for special video applications, such as low-latency processing for video games, where timing is essential.