Patent ID: 8031265

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a previous de-interlaced video frame; receiving a first de-interlaced video frame; outputting the previous de-interlaced video frame in a previous de-interlaced video frame display time slot, wherein the outputting occurs while the first de-interlaced video frame is being received; receiving a control input indicating whether the first de-interlaced video frame has broken cadence; receiving a second de-interlaced video frame; outputting the first de-interlaced video frame in a first de-interlaced video frame display time slot following the previous de-interlaced video frame display time slot if the control input indicates that the first de-interlaced video frame has unbroken cadence; and outputting the previous de-interlaced video frame in the first de-interlaced video frame display time slot if the control input indicates that the first de-interlaced video frame has broken cadence.