Patent ID: 6057889
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A video processing apparatus for processing a plurality of video formats, comprising:a video decoder, for decoding a compressed video stream to produce a first video signal and a header information signal, said header information signal comprising at least picture format indicium;a controller, coupled to said video decoder, for producing a control signal in response to said header information signal; anda video processing circuit, coupled to said video decoder and said controller, for processing said first video signal according to a plurality of processing parameters to produce an output video signal, said video processing circuit, in response to said control signal, modifying at least one of said processing parameters, wherein said video processing circuit comprises a peaking processor, and said at least one of said processing parameters comprises a peaking parameter;said peaking processor comprising a horizontal peaking circuit for emphasizing high frequency intra-line luminance information.