IP Library Granted Patent US 8,395,679
Granted Patent B2
US 8,395,679 · App. 12/837,138 · Granted Mar 12, 2013

Apparatus and method for color rolling suppression

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Patent No.
US 8,395,679
App. No.
12/837,138
Granted
Mar 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method for suppressing color rolling are provided. The apparatus includes a digital signal processor which detects first motion information on a current frame and second motion information on at least one of a plurality of neighboring frames, calculates a gain based on the first and second motion information, and applies the gain to at least one channel of the current frame.

Claims (32)

1. An apparatus for suppressing color rolling, comprising:

a digital signal processor which detects first motion information on a current frame and second motion information on at least one of a plurality of neighboring frames, calculates a gain based on the first and second motion information with respect to only a portion where no motion is detected, and applies the gain to at least one channel of the current frame,

wherein the digital signal processing block comprises:

a motion detecting unit which detects a motion by comparing an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames and an intensity of corresponding at least one block of the current frame divided into a plurality of blocks;

an average value calculating unit which calculates the first motion information which is a first average intensity of the current frame, with respect to at least one block where the motion is not detected in the current frame, and the second motion information which is a second average intensity of at least one of the neighboring frames with respect to corresponding at least one block therein; and

a gain calculating unit which calculates the gain by dividing the second average intensity by the first average intensity; and

a control unit which applies the gain to the at least one channel of the current frame.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one channel comprises red (R), green (G) and blue (B) channels.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of neighboring frames comprise at least one frame among a plurality of previous frames and future frames.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first motion information includes an intensity of at least one block of the current frame where no motion is detected, and the second motion information includes an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame where no motion is detected.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first average intensity is an average of intensities of at least one block of the current frame which does not have the motion, and the second average intensity is an average of intensities of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of neighboring frames comprise at least one frame among a plurality of previous frames and future frames.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the motion detecting unit detects the motion by determining occurrence of the motion if a difference between the intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames and the intensity of the corresponding at least one block of the current frame is greater than a threshold value.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second average intensity is a largest average intensity among average intensities of the neighboring frames with respect to the corresponding at least one block.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected, and the second average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected.

10. A method of suppressing color rolling, comprising:

detecting first motion information on a current frame and second motion information on at least one of a plurality of neighboring frames, with respect to only a portion where no motion is detected;

calculating a gain based on the first and second motion information; and

applying the gain to at least one channel of the current frame,

wherein the detecting the motion information comprises:

dividing the current frame and each of the neighboring frames into a plurality of blocks;

detecting a motion by comparing an average intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames and an average intensity of at least one block of the current frame divided into a plurality of blocks; and

calculating the first motion information which is a first average intensity of the current frame, with respect to at least one block where the motion is not detected in the current frame, and the second motion information which is a second average intensity of at least one of the neighboring frames with respect to corresponding at least one block therein, and

wherein the calculating the gain value comprises calculating the gain by dividing the second average intensity by the first average intensity.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the at least one channel comprises red (R), green (G) and blue (B) channels.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of neighboring frames comprise at least one frame among a plurality of previous frames and future frames.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first motion information includes an intensity of at least one block of the current frame where no motion is detected, and the second motion information includes an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame where no motion is detected.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected, and the second average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of neighboring frames comprise at least one frame among a plurality of previous frames and future frames.

16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the detecting the motion is performed by determining occurrence of the motion if a difference between the intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames and the intensity of corresponding at least one block of the current frame is greater than a threshold value.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second average intensity is a largest average intensity among average intensities of the neighboring frames with respect to the corresponding at least one block.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the first average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected, and the second average intensity is an average of an intensity of at least one block of at least one of the neighboring frames corresponding to the at least one block of the current frame where the motion is not detected.

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