Patent ID: 8130299

Claim:
A method of generating an interlaced preview from an image sensor, the method comprising: reading out a plurality of odd combo lines from a frame to generate an odd field, each odd combo line comprising an odd line and an even line; reading out a plurality of even combo lines from the frame to generate an even field, each even combo line comprising an odd line and an even line; performing interpolation on a plurality of odd field lines generated from the plurality of odd combo lines to generate a plurality of odd interpolated lines, wherein the number of odd interpolated lines is equal to the number of odd field lines; performing interpolation on a plurality of even field lines generated from the plurality of even combo lines to generate a plurality of even interpolated lines, wherein the number of even interpolated lines is equal to the number of even field lines; and generating the interlace preview only from the plurality of odd interpolated lines and the plurality of even interpolated lines.