Method and system for minimizing both on-chip memory size and peak DRAM bandwidth requirements for multifield deinterlacers

摘要

In a video system, a method and system for minimizing both on-chip memory size and peak DRAM bandwidth requirements for multi-field deinterlacers are provided. Present line pixels and absent line pixels may be determined and may be ordered into upper line pixels and lower line pixels based on whether an interlaced output frame is top field or bottom field originated. Upper line pixels may be buffered in an upper line FIFO that may hold half a video line and lower line pixels may be buffered in an lower line FIFO that may hold a video line. A source switch and a line length counter may be used to assemble the deinterlaced output frame by selecting from the buffered upper line pixels and the buffered lower line pixels. The deinterlaced output frame may be buffered in an output FIFO.