Directional and motion-compensated de-interlacing

A key technology for scan conversion algorithms is de-interlacing. Interlaced sources have been available for a long time, and as interlace is still part of the HDTV standard, even new picture material will become available in the interlaced format. A proper de-interlacing forms the basis for video processing algorithms like scaling, sharpness enhancement, and scan rate conversion. In this paper we present a new motion-compensated and directional de-interlacer.