Video Processing Reference Design
from Altera Corporation
Overview
The video processing reference design shows how the cores provided in the Video and Image Processing Suite can be used to create a complete video system. The design uses Altera's DSP Builder and SOPC Builder tools and several of the IP cores, including chroma resampler, color space converter, and scaler.
Table 1 contains a complete list of the cores that comprise the Video and Image Processing Suite.
| Table 1. Video and Image Processing Suite Intellectual Property (IP) MegaCore®Functions |
| Core |
Description |
| Deinterlacer |
Converts interlaced video formats to progressive video format |
| Color Space Converter |
Converts image data between a variety of different color spaces |
| Scaler |
Resizes and clips image frames |
| Alpha Blending Mixer |
Mixes and blends multiple image streams |
| Gamma Corrector |
Performs gamma correction on a color space |
| Chroma Resampler |
Changes the sampling rate of the chroma data for image frames |
| 2D Filter |
Implements 3x3, 5x5, or 7x7 finite impulse response (FIR) filter on an image data stream to smooth or sharpen images |
| 2D Median Filter |
3x3, 5x5, or 7x7 filter that removes noise in an image by replacing each pixel value with the median of neighboring pixel values |
| Line Buffer Compiler |
Efficiently maps image line buffers to Altera®on-chip memory |
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