Systems and methods for combining deinterlacing and frame rate decimation for video format conversion

1. A method of converting video data to film data comprising:

combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, by a deinterlacer, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data;

providing second field video data by a copy module, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data; and

merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data, by the copy module.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein providing second field video data comprises copying video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein merging the first field video data and the second field video data comprises deinterlacing the first field video data and the second field video data.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising copying video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein combining video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.

11. An apparatus for converting video data to film data comprising:

a first deinterlacer for combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data; and

a copy module for providing second field video data, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data, and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein providing second field video data comprises copying video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein merging the first field video data and the second field video data comprises deinterlacing the first field video data and the second field video data.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the copy module copies video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 further comprising a second deinterlacer for deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein combining video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.

21. An apparatus for converting video data to film data comprising:

means for combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data; and

means for providing second field video data, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data, and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein means for providing second field video data comprises means for copying video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

24. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein means for merging the first field video data and the second field video data comprises means for deinterlacing the first field video data and the second field video data.

25. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising means for copying video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

28. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising means for deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

29. The apparatus of claim 28 wherein means for deinterlacing combining video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and means for deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.

31. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions for converting video data to film data, the instructions upon execution cause a machine to:

combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data; and

provide second field video data, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data, and merge the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data.

32. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 31 wherein instructions to provide second field video data comprises instructions to copy video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

33. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 32 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

34. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 31 wherein instructions to merge the first field video data and the second field video data comprises instructions to deinterlace the first field video data and the second field video data.

35. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 31 further comprising instructions to copy video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

36. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 35 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

37. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 35 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

38. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 31 further comprising instructions to deinterlace video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

39. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 38 wherein to combine video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and to deinterlace video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

40. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 39 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.

41. A handset for converting video data to film data comprising:

a first deinterlacer for combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data; and

a copy module for providing second field video data, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data, and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data.

42. The handset of claim 41 wherein providing second field video data comprises copying video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

43. The handset of claim 42 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

44. The handset of claim 41 wherein merging the first field video data and the second field video data comprises deinterlacing the first field video data and the second field video data.

45. The handset of claim 41 wherein the copy module copies video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

46. The handset of claim 45 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

47. The handset of claim 45 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

48. The handset of claim 41 further comprising a second deinterlacer for deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

49. The handset of claim 48 wherein combining video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

50. The handset of claim 49 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.

51. An integrated circuit for converting video data to film data comprising:

a first deinterlacer circuit for combining video data from a first field and a third field to produce first field video data, wherein the video data comprises no repeated fields resulting from a telecine process, and wherein the first field video data produced from the combining is a field of video data and not a frame of video data; and

a copy circuit for providing second field video data, wherein the second field video data is not a second frame of video data, and merging the first field video data and the second field video data to produce first frame video data.

52. The integrated circuit of claim 51 wherein providing second field video data comprises copying video data from a second field to produce the second field video data.

53. The integrated circuit of claim 52 wherein the video data from the second field comprises even lines or odd lines of video data.

54. The integrated circuit of claim 51 wherein merging the first field video data and the second field video data comprises deinterlacing the first field video data and the second field video data.

55. The integrated circuit of claim 51 wherein the copy circuit copies video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

56. The integrated circuit of claim 55 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises even lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises odd lines of video data.

57. The integrated circuit of claim 55 wherein the video data from the fourth field comprises odd lines of video data and video data from the fifth field comprises even lines of video data.

58. The integrated circuit of claim 51 further comprising a second deinterlacer circuit for deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field to produce second frame video data.

59. The integrated circuit of claim 58 wherein combining video data from a first field and a third field is performed using a first algorithm and deinterlacing video data from a fourth field and a fifth field is performed using a second algorithm.

60. The integrated circuit of claim 59 wherein the first algorithm is at least one of a weighted median filter or a motion compensation based deinterlacer and the second algorithm is at least one of a linear filter or a weave.