# US 5,353,118 A · Motion compensating system using interlace-to-sequential scan conversion with motion and transmission compensation > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,353,118 A - Document ID: US5353118A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 07/448,854 - Filed: 1989-12-12 - Granted: 1994-10-04 - Earliest claimed: 1989-03-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyeon-deok Cho - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5353118A ## CPC - H04N 7/012: {Conversion between an interlaced and a progressive signal (for graphics images G09G2310/0229)} - H04N 5/144: {Movement detection (for video coding H04N19/503; analysis of motion in general G06T7/20)} - H04N 9/18: using separate electron beams for the primary colour signals (H04N9/27 takes precedence) - H04N 9/78: for separating the brightness signal or the chrominance signal from the colour television signal, e.g. using comb filter - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract For a digital television including an analog/digital converter for converting interlaced scanning video signals into digital video signals, a motion compensating system comprises a color/brightness signal separator for separating the signal and the brightness signal of said digital video signal from each other; a picture transition sensing stage for detecting the amount of the horizontal and time motion of the picture by said brightness signal and the amount of the vertical transistion of the picture by said digital video signal to compare and compensate the two amounts, obtaining the signal of sensing the amount of the motion of the picture; and a mixer for interpolating the color signal, the brightness signal of the color/brightness separator and compensating the interpolated color signal and the brightness signal and the present color signal and the present brightness signal with the signal of the sensed amount of motion of the picture generated by the picture transition sensing stage. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A motion compensation system in a digital television including an analog-digital converter for converting an interlaced scanning video signal into a digital video signal, said motion compensating system comprising: color/brightness signal separating means for separating a first color signal and a first brightness signal from said digital video signal; picture motion sensing means for detecting an amount of horizontal transition and temporal motion of a picture from said first brightness signal and an amount of vertical transition of the picture from said digital video signal for enabling comparison and compensation of said amounts of horizontal and vertical transition and temporal motion to obtain a motion signal indicative of motion of a picture; and mixing means for interpolating the first color signal and the first brightness signal to produce an interpolated color signal and an interpolated brightness signal, and for compensating respectively the interpolated color signal and the first color signal, and the interpolated brightness signal and the first brightness signal in dependence upon said motion signal, each set of color signals and brightness signals being mixed to produce a second color signal and a second brightness signal for the interlaced scanning. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The motion compensating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said color/brightness signal separating means comprises: low-pass filter means for detecting a third brightness signal distributed in a low frequency band of said digital video signal; band-pass filter means for detecting a first video signal of a given frequency band from said digital video signal; comb filter means for separating said first video signal into the first color signal and a fourth brightness signal distributed in a given frequency band; and adder means for adding the fourth brightness signal of said comb filter means and the third brightness signal of said low pass filter means to produce said first brightness signal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The motion compensating system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said band-pass filter means comprises: first delay means for delaying said digital video signal for four picture elements to provide a first delayed video signal; adder means for adding said digital video signal and said first delayed video signal to provide a resultant video signal; second delay means for delaying said resultant video signal for two picture elements to provide a second delayed video signal; and subtractor means for subtracting said second delayed video signal from said resultant video signal to provide said first video signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The motion compensating system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said picture motion sensing means comprises: horizontal transition sensing means for detecting horizontal transition components of the picture from said first brightness signal; time motion sensing means for detecting temporal motion components of the picture from said first brightness signal; motion signal comparator means for comparing the output signals of said horizontal transition sensing means and said time motion sensing means with each other to pass through only the signal of greater value as a first signal; vertical transition sensing means for detecting vertical transition components of the picture from said digital video signal; first motion compensator means for compensating temporal motion variation of the picture from said first signal to produce a temporal motion compensated signal; and second motion compensator means responsive to the output of said vertical transition means, for multiplying said temporal motion compensated signal from the first motion compensator by a constant rate or maintaining the output at a given level according to the logic states of said output signal of said vertical transition sensing means so as to detect the temporal and spatial motion variation of the picture to produce said motion signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The motion compensating system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said mixing means comprises: subtractor means for complementing the value of said motion signal by subtracting said motion signal from a reference value to provide a complemented motion signal; first compensating means for compensating said first brightness signal in dependence upon said motion signal and the complemented motion signal; and second compensating means for compensating said first color signal in dependence upon said motion signal and the complemented motion signal.