US 7,321,700 B1
Producing smooth motion compensated frames by combining multiple interpolation results
Christophe Souchard, Marina Del Rey, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, Calif. (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/826,583.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04N 11/04 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—300  [382/236; 375/240.24] 28 Claims
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1. A method for robustly producing a motion compensated interpolation video frame, the method comprising:
constructing N motion compensated interpolated frames between two existing frames F1 and F2, wherein N comprises an integer with a value of at least 2; and
generating a final motion compensated interpolated frame by, for each pixel (x, y) in the final motion compensated interpolated frame:
determining one corresponding pixel from each of the N motion compensated interpolated frames, for a total of N corresponding pixels;
selecting one pixel of the N corresponding pixels; and
setting the pixel (x, y) to the selected pixel.