Patent ID: 8860745

Claim:
An integrated circuit system comprising: an input comprising a receiver configured to receive an input video signal encoded in a first format characterized by a first color resolution; a mapping system comprising: color resolution enhancement circuitry configured to convert the input video signal from the first format having the first color resolution into a first higher resolution video signal defined by an expanded bit range and enhanced color resolution; color mapping circuitry configured to map the first higher resolution video signal from the first color gamut to said second color gamut thereby generating a second higher resolution video signal that defines an expanded resolution mapped video signal in accordance with the second gamut; and color deresolution circuitry for converting the expanded resolution mapped video signal into an output video signal encoded in a desired display format having an output resolution that is lower than the expanded resolution mapped video signal; an output system configured to receive the output video signal from the mapping system and outputting an output video signal; and a scaling-engine that processes video data in the system such that an input video is scaled to produce an output video having a desired scale, wherein the scaling-engine is arranged between the receiver that receives the input signal and the color resolution enhancement circuitry, thereby enabling the scaling engine to operate on the lower resolution input video signal encoded in the first format at the first color resolution.