Patent ID: 7856055

Claim:
A method for digitally enhancing image resolution and quality of image sequence data, comprising: performing a pre-processing process comprising converting the image sequence to a digital format to produce converted image data that comprises original image data; processing the converted image data to produce enhanced image data, wherein processing the converted image data comprises a render process comprising: receiving converted image data separated into shots having image shot data, wherein each shot is a render job; estimating initial motion estimation settings using at least part of the converted image data; determining statistical measures based at least in part on the initial motion estimation settings, the statistical measures being associated with temporal characteristics of the converted image data; predicting a render parameter set for each render job based at least in part on the statistical measures, the render parameter set comprising render parameters; distributing render jobs among multiple computing render clients for processing the render jobs; performing temporal image processing on the render jobs using the render parameters to produce render results; assembling the render results into a continuous shot; checking an integrity of the assembled render results to identify missing frames or incomplete frames and repairing the assembled render results by re-rendering the missing frames or the incomplete frames; computing quality indicators based on the assembled render results; evaluating processing render quality based on the quality indicators of the assembled render results; modifying the render parameters to improve the render results and re-processing as determined by evaluation; and determining the assembled render results are the enhanced image data if the quality indicators are within normal ranges; performing a verification process and a post-processing process on the enhanced image data; and outputting the enhanced image data.