Patent ID: 7084925

Claim:
A method for processing an image to convert a non-interlacing scan data into an interlacing scan data, comprising the steps of: receiving a non-interlacing scan data, said non-interlacing scan data consisting of n pixels; replacing a color space value of a first one of said n pixels in said non-interlacing scan data with a first combination of color space values of said first pixel and at least one adjacent pixel to obtain a blurringly filtered non-interlacing scan data; scaling said blurringly filtered non-interlacing scan data to result in a non-interlacing scan data consisting of m pixels, wherein m is less than n, and a color space value of a second one of said m pixels in said non-interlacing scan data is replaced with a second combination of color space values of said second pixel and at least one adjacent pixel to obtain a deflickered non-interlacing scan data; converting said deflickered non-interlacing scan data into an interlacing scan data.