Figure 4: Four pairs of comparison

All of the images on the right are more vibrant, have better color balance and saturation and details that are much sharper and more defined. The enhanced examples are even more impressive when viewed as video.

Conclusion
Pixel Magic Video Engine surpasses current video enhancement solutions for portable devices by emphasizing the following features.

• Pixel Magic Video Engine performs video enhancement more efficiently. Every algorithm module has been carefully designed and highly optimized so that the maximum computational efficiency has been achieved. Novel design and optimization enables the system to be operated in a real-time fashion and uses an extremely low percentage of resources available in the portable device without compromising performance or quality. The system is therefore highly suitable for digital video portable devices that have very low computational power and limited battery power.
• Pixel Magic Video Engine applies state-of-the-art video processing algorithms developed by Ipera Technology. It is able to handle video frames/fields with different sizes and/or formats. The whole system is codec independent making it easy to integrate into almost any video stream.

With this innovative video processing system, Ipera Technology delivers a solution that is unmatched in the industry, enabling the designers and manufacturers of portable digital device such as mobile phones, PDAs and other players with the ability to deliver improved video.

In addition to delivering exceptionally realistic per-pixel video quality at extremely low power consumption for virtually any video codec and any video application, Pixel Magic Video Engine can also be easily adapted to support future formats and other processor platforms. Streaming video providers, mobile OEMs and IC vendors who adopt Pixel Magic technology will find they can improve the video quality of their mobile video content, entertainment and communications devices without increasing their cost when new technologies emerge.

About the authors
Theron Ye is an engineering director at Ipera Technology. He's a member of the founding team, and has close to a decade of experience in video and image processing. Theron holds an MS in control engineering from University of Sheffield, UK. Before Ipera, he also worked at other video-related companies.

Pie Del Frate is VP of Marketing at Ipera Technology. He has been managing both product and corporate marketing activities for the company since 2007. Pier has over 20 years of experience with video-related companies including holding executive level positions with National Semiconductors, Mediamatics, Trident, and Sigma design.

Ian Xie is the founder and CEO of Ipera Technology. He has been involved in video processing algorithm and CPU design for over 15 years. Ian is the founder of two cutting-edge video technology start-up companies. He received an MSEE from UT Austin and holds numerous patents.

They can be reached at info@iperatech.com.