Patent ID: 8189107
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving visual data including a plurality of pixels; reducing noise of at least one of the pixels of the visual data; collecting information relating to the noise reduction of the pixels of the visual data, the information including an indication for each pixel of the visual data of whether the pixel included a threshold amount of noise before the noise reduction of the pixels of the visual data; in response to the collecting of the information relating to the noise reduction of the pixels of the visual data, conditionally performing subsequent processing on the visual data, the subsequent processing of the visual data based on the collected information indicating for each pixel of the visual data whether the pixel included the threshold amount of noise before the noise reduction of the pixels of the visual data; and determining whether to perform a deinterlacing operation or an inverse telecine opera based on the collected information; wherein the determining whether to perform the deinterlacing operation or the inverse telecine operation is made utilizing deemed-valid pixels of the visual data that have less than the threshold amount of noise.