The present invention provides a video signal conversion method for displaying a video signal having a 4:3 aspect ratio on a screen having a 16:9 aspect ratio by using a single clock. The video signal conversion comprises the steps of inserting two zero pixels between two pixels of the 4:3 video signal, band low pass filtering the two pixels of the 4:3 video signal, such that 3/4 of the bandwidth of the pixels is passed and upper and lower parts of pixels are not passed, the 3/4 band of the upper part and the lower part of the spectrum are respectively passed, and sampling the filtered pixels by every fourth transition of a clock signal, and then displaying the sampled pixels on the 16:9 screen.
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1. A video signal conversion method for displaying a 4:3 video signal having an aspect ratio of 4:3, on a 16:9 screen having an aspect ratio of 16:9, said method comprising the steps of:
inserting zero pixels between a first and second pixel of the 4:3 video signal; band low pass filtering said first and second pixel; sampling the filtered pixels every fourth transition of a clock signal; and displaying the sampled pixels on the 16:9 screen.
9. A video signal conversion apparatus for displaying a 4:3 video signal having an aspect ratio of 4:3, on a 16:9 screen having an aspect ratio of 16:9, said apparatus comprising:
a zero inserter for inserting zero pixels between a first and second pixel of the 4:3 video signal; a band low pass filter for band low pass filtering the first and second pixel having zero pixels inserted therebetween; a single clock signal; a sub-sampler for sampling the filtered pixels by every fourth transition of the clock signal; and a controller for displaying the sampled pixels on the 16:9 screen.
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The present invention relates to a video signal conversion method and more particularly to the video signal conversion method for displaying a video signal having an aspect ratio of 4:3 on a screen having an aspect ratio of 16:9.
The screen aspect ratio that gives one the feeling of being at a live performance is 16:9. However, the aspect ratio of most screens used in general-purpose televisions is 4:3. A television having a screen aspect ratio of 16:9, for example, a wide screen television, has been used, thus giving the viewer a feeling of being at a live performance.
FIG. 1 shows a video signal having an aspect ratio of 4:3 (hereinafter referred to as a "4:3 video signal") displayed on a screen having an aspect ratio of 16:9 (hereinafter referred to as a "16:9 screen") so that the viewer can feel as if present at a live performance. FIG. 1A shows the 4:3 video signal displayed at the center of the 16:9 screen (hereinafter referred to as a "center mode"), and FIG. 1B shows the 4:3 video signal displayed on the left side of the 16:9 screen (hereinafter referred to as a "pop mode"). Displaying the 4:3 video signal on the 16:9 screen without any processing causes the original 4:3 video signal to be displayed with dispersion and out of focus (i.e., with dissimilation). In order to display the 4:3 video signal on the 16:9 screen without such dissimilation occurring, some methods have been suggested and used. One such method is to decimate the original 4:3 video signal by a factor of 3/4 (i.e., 3/4 decimation).
FIG. 2 is a diagram for describing a conventional video signal conversion method for 3/4 decimating the original 4:3 video signal and displaying the decimated signal on the 16:9 screen.
An input data signal is synchronized with a write clock WCLK and stored in a memory 20. The data stored in memory 20 is synchronized with a read clock RCLK and then output. Read clock RCLK has a frequency 4/3 that of write clock WCLK. Since the data being output is generated by 3/4 decimating the original 4:3 signal, it can be displayed on the 16:9 screen without dissimilation occurring.
However, in the case of converting the 4:3 video signal, as described above, since read clock RCLK and write clock WCLK have different frequencies, separate phase locked loops for read clock RCLK and write clock WCLK are respectively required. In addition, if read clock RCLK and write clock WCLK having different frequencies, are used, high frequency interference noise occurs between read clock RCLK and write clock WCLK, between read clock RCLK and the video signal, or between write clock WCLK and the video signal.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a video signal conversion method and apparatus for displaying a 4:3 video signal on a 16:9 screen by using only a single clock.
It is another object of the present invention to provide the video signal conversion method for displaying the 4:3 video signal on the 16:9 screen without high frequency interference noise occurring.
To achieve the above objects, the video signal conversion method of the present invention comprises the steps of inserting two zero pixels between respective pixels of a 4:3 video signal, bandbandpass low pass filter (BPF LPF) having a bandwidth of 3/4 B. Band Low pass filtering the original pixels prevents the upper and lower frequency portions of those pixels from being passed. causes the 3/4 B of the upper part and the lower part of the spectrum to be respectively passed. FIG. 3H shows the spectrum corresponding to the first and second pixels of the original 4:3 video signal which have been band low pass filtered.
FIG. 3D shows 12 filtered pixels to be sampled by every four transitions of a clock, that is, every four pixels. FIG. 3I shows the spectrum corresponding to the sampled pixels as shown in FIG. 3D.
Referring to FIGS. 3F and 3I, the sampling frequencies of four pixels of the original 4:3 video signal are an integral multiple of fs, such as 0, fs, 2 fs and 3 fs, while the sampling frequencies of the pixels which have been band low pass filtered and sampled according to the present invention are multiples of 3/4 fs, such as 3/4 fs, 6/4 fs, 9/4 fs and 3 fs. In FIG. 3E, four pixels of the original 4:3 video signal are consequentially output as three pixels by the zero insertion, band low pass filtering and sampling of the four pixels of the original 4:3 video signal.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the construction of the apparatus for converting the 4:3 video signal according to the present invention.
The conversion apparatus comprises a zero inserter 40 which inserts two zero pixels between respective pixels of the 4:3 video signal, with the sampling frequency of respective pixels being fs, a band low pass filter (BPF LPF) 42 which respectively filters a 3/4 B band of pixels in which the upper and lower parts of the pixels are not passed, causes the 3/4 B of the upper part and the low part of the spectrum to be respectively passed, a sub-sampler 44 which samples at every fourth clock transition a series of pixels which have been processed by BPF LPF 42, and a timing controller 46 which generates a write enable signal WE for writing the pixels sampled and output by sub-sampler 44 and a read enable signal RE for reading and displaying the written pixels on the 16:9 screen in either a center mode or a pop mode.
Zero inserter 40 can be realized with a typical interpolator. In this case, assuming that the previous sampling frequency is fs, the interpolator has a sampling frequency 3 fs, thereby achieving the same effect as inserting two zero pixels between the original pixels.
Also, BPF LPF 42 can be realized by using a filter having 13 filtering counts (taps). However, BPF LPF 42 can be realized without limiting the number of taps to 13, as in the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 shows how pixels are processed by BPF LPF 42 and sub-sampler 44 according to the present invention. In FIGS. 5A and 5B, four pixels 56, 59, 62 and 65 are multiplied by 13 taps of C-6 ∼C6, and converted into the three pixels 56', 59' and 62', and then output. At this time, the invention is described with respect to pixel 56 which is multiplied by tap C0.
Zero inserter 40 inserts two zero pixels between two pixels of input video signal S1, and outputs the zero-inserted video signal as signal S2 to BPF LPF 42. Signal S2 is applied to BPF LPF 42 as shown in FIG. 5A. In BPF LPF 42, respective pixels are multiplied by the 13 filter taps as shown in FIGS. 5B, 5C and 5D.
Referring to FIG. 5B, the pixels 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 and 62 are sequentially multiplied by the taps C-6, C-5, C-4, C-3, C-2, C31 1 C-1 , C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5 and C6. Also, the pixels of the original 4:3 video signal are band low pass filtered at the 3/4 band of the upper and lower parts thereof so that the 3/4 band of the upper and lower parts of the spectrum are respectively passed by adding respective pixels which have been multiplied by the taps. However, since being multiplied by the zero-inserted pixels 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60 and 61 is equal to being multiplied by zero, only the pixels of the original video signal are taken into consideration.
Referring to FIG. 5C, pixels 56, 59, 62 and 65 are sequentially multiplied by taps C-4, C-1, C2 and C5, and the filtered through the addition thereof.
Referring to FIG. 5D, the pixels 59, 62, 65 and 68 are sequentially multiplied by taps C-5, C-2, C1 and C4, and then filtered through the addition thereof.
As shown in FIGS. 5B, 5C and 5D, if the filtered pixels are sampled by every fourth clock, pixels 56', 59' and 62' are output corresponding to the pixels 56, 59, 62 and 65 of the original 4:3 video signal.
As described above, if respective pixels of the original 4:3 video signal are band low pass filtered by being multiplied by the taps, and then sampled by every fourth clock, since the accordingly output video signal is made by decimating the original video signal by 3/4, four pixels having an aspect ratio of 4:3 are output as three pixels. Considering from the standpoint of time, the signal corresponding to pixel 65 is processed as a blank.
FIG. 6 shows, from the standpoint of time, the signals S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 which are input and output from/to BPF LPF 42, sub-sampler 44 and timing controller 46, referring to the result of FIG. 5.
Referring to FIG. 6A, the pixels 56, 59, 62, 65, 68 and 71 of the original 4:3 video signal S1 are passed through BPF LPF 42 and sub-sampler 44 and then output as signal S4, as shown in FIG. 6B. The signal S4 is a series of the pixels 56', 59', 62', 68' and 71' and the pixel between pixels 62' and 68' is processed as a blank. The blank-processed pixel of signal S4 is not write-enabled by timing controller 46. As a result, there is a time difference by as much as the blank-processed signal between signal S5, shown in FIG. 6C, and input signal S1. In the case of being displayed on the 16:9 screen, it can be displayed in the center mode or in the pop mode without dissimilation occurring.
FIG. 7 shows the write enable signal WE and read enable signal RE generated by timing controller 46 according to the present invention.
Timing controller 46 controls the pixels which have been processed at BPF LPF 42 and sub-sampler 44 by using a memory (not shown) in order to display those pixels on the screen in the center mode or pop mode as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B. FIG. 7A shows the write enable signal WE which prevents the blank-processed pixel, as shown in FIG. 6, from being stored in the memory. Timing controller 46 maintains the write enable signal WE at a "high" level in order to enable the writing of pixels 56', 59', 62', 68' and 71' of signal S4, and has a "low" level in order not to enable writing of the blank-processed pixel of signal S4. Accordingly, pixels 56', 59', 62', 68' and 71' are sequentially stored in the memory.
Assuming that the period of the horizontal synchronizing signal is 1H, as shown in FIG. 7B, in the case of displaying signal S5 output from timing controller 46 on the 16:9 screen, in order to display the signal on the screen in the center mode as shown in FIG. 1A, the timing controller 46 must generate the read enable signal RE having a "high" level during a period 3/4H in length, corresponding to the middle of the screen as shown in FIG. 7C, and the read enable signal RE having a "low" level during a period 1/4H in length corresponding to the right and left sides of the screen. In order to display the signal on the screen in the pop mode as shown in FIG. 1B, the timing controller 46 must generate the read enable signal RE having a "high" level during the 3/4H period corresponding to the left side of the screen as shown in FIG. 7D and the read enable signal RE having a "low" level during the 1/4H period corresponding to the right side of the screen. Thereby, the pixels of the decimated 4:3 video signal are displayed on the 16:9 screen without dissimilation occurring.
As described above, the original 4:3 video signal is 3/4 decimated by inserting two zero pixels between respective pixels of the video signal having an aspect ratio of 4:3, band low pass filtering the pixels and then sampling those filtered pixels by every fourth clock. At this time, with the use of a single clock, the plurality of phase-locked loops to be applied to the video signal processing apparatus can be simplified to a single phase-locked loop, and the high frequency interference noise generated between the different clocks can be removed.
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