Patent Document ID: 7773151
Application ID: 11404575
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of deinterlacing a sequence of moving images from an interlaced format to a progressive format, the method comprising: receiving a sequence of images being composed of successive frames with a current frame comprising missing lines with a plurality of pixels to be completed; evaluating values for each of the plurality of pixels according to a spatially consistent order by estimating a direction of interpolation, and for at least one current pixel of the plurality of pixels, calculating a score for at least two directions of interpolation; selecting a direction of interpolation based on each score which has been calculated, and a previous direction of interpolation which has been estimated for a distinct pixel which has been selected from among the pixels of a same missing line as the current pixel and the distinct pixel has been processed immediately before the current pixel; and performing spatial interpolation according to the direction of interpolation which has been estimated.