ADAPTIVE PANORAMIC INTERPOLATOR

1 . A method for panoramically interpolating a video from a first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio comprising the steps of:

a. receiving at least one frame;

b. tracking said frame horizontally or vertically pixel line by pixel line;

c. computing the average luminance value of each of said pixel lines;

d. comparing each said average luminance value to a set threshold for finding the superfluous lines;

e. trimming said frame by deleting said superfluous lines;

f. calculating the required curve for the panoramic scaling of said trimmed frame; and

g. interpolating said trimmed frame into a panoramic display based on said calculations.

2 . A method for panoramically interpolating a video from a first aspect ratio to a second aspect ratio comprising the steps of:

a. receiving more than one frame;

b. tracking each frame horizontally or vertically pixel line by pixel line;

c. computing the average luminance value of each of said pixel lines of each frame;

d. comparing each said average luminance value to a set threshold for finding the numbers of superfluous lines;

e. filtering said numbers of said superfluous lines with at least one IIR filter, for producing at least one filtered number of superfluous lines;

f. trimming at least one of said frames by deleting said filtered number of said superfluous lines;

g. calculating the required curve for the panoramic scaling of said trimmed frame; and

h. interpolating said trimmed frame into a panoramic display based on said calculations.

3 . A method according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of:

a. detecting if the frame belongs to new scene, and if so calibrating the filter accordingly.

4 . A method according to claim 2 , where the video comprises scenes having different numbers of superfluous lines.

5 . A method according to claim 1 , where the received frame belongs to the YC b C r color space

6 . A method according to claim 1 , where the received frame belongs to the RGB color space.