# Rethinking deinterlacing for early interlaced videos

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.13675 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2011.13675/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 27 Nov 2020.

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Multi-frame Joint Enhancement for Early Interlaced Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2109.14151/) (2021)
- [Revitalizing Legacy Video Content: Deinterlacing with Bidirectional Information Propagation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2310.19535/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

With the rapid development of image restoration techniques, high-definition reconstruction of early videos has achieved impressive results. However, there are few studies about the interlacing artifacts that often appear in early videos and significantly affect visual perception. Traditional deinterlacing approaches are mainly focused on early interlacing scanning systems and thus cannot handle the complex and complicated artifacts in real-world early interlaced videos. Hence, this paper proposes a specific deinterlacing network (DIN), which is motivated by the traditional deinterlacing strategy. The proposed DIN consists of two stages, i.e., a cooperative vertical interpolation stage for split fields, and a merging stage that is applied to perceive movements and remove ghost artifacts. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can effectively remove complex artifacts in early interlaced videos.