Patent Document ID: 8937683
Application ID: 13174413
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A global video checker apparatus, comprising: a global video check for cadence with repeat field unit; a global video check for cadence without repeat field unit; a multiplexer coupled to the global video checker for cadence with repeat field unit and the global video checker for cadence without repeat field unit; and a temporal control unit coupled to the multiplexer, wherein the global video check for cadence with repeat field unit comprises: an inter-frame motion detector; a repeat field motion detector coupled to the inter-frame motion detector; a summing unit coupled to the repeat field motion detector; and a video fallback mode decision unit coupled to the summing unit, and wherein the global video check for cadence without repeat field unit comprises: a feathering detector; a tail detector; and a video fallback mode decision unit coupled to the feathering detector and the tail detector, wherein the multiplexer is configured to receive a cadence signal and select a video fallback mode flag provided from the global video check for cadence with repeat field unit or the global video check for cadence without repeat field unit based on the cadence signal, and wherein the cadence signal is provided by an external unit.