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US 2004/0165110 A1Published application
Conversion unit and method and image processing apparatus
OwnerFranciscus Johannes Peters, Gerard De Haan +1inventors
InventorsFranciscus Johannes Peters, Gerard De Haan, Johan Hendrik Antoon Gelissen
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Abstract
A conversion unit (200) for converting a series of input image (110-114) into a series of output image (116-126). The time intervals (128,130) between consecutive input images (110-114) might be unequal. The time intervals (e.g. 132) between consecutive output images are substantially mutual equal (116-126). The output images (116-126) are calculated by means of motion compensated interpolation between input images (110-114).
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An image processing apparatus (100) comprising:
- a processor (108) based graphics pipeline (101) for generating a first series of input images (110-114) comprising successively a first input image (110) and a second input image (112);
- a conversion unit (105) comprising:
- a means for receiving (102) the first series of input images (110-114);
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- a means for calculating (104) a series of output images (116-126) based on the first series of input images, with an output image (118) being spaced a predetermined time interval (132) from a predecessor (116) if any;
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- a display device (106) for displaying the series of output images (116-126), characterized in that the conversion unit (100) is designed to determine a first time interval (128) between a first time of generation (T1) of the first input image (110) and a second time of generation (T2) of the second input image (112) and to calculate a particular output image (122) by interpolating between the first input image (110) and the second input image (112) on the basis of the first time interval (128).
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A conversion unit (200) comprising:
- a means for receiving (202) a first series of input images comprising successively a first input image (110) and a second input image (122);
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- a means for calculating (104) a series of output images (116-126) based on the first series of input images, with an output image (118) being spaced a predetermined time interval (132) from a predecessor (116), if any,
- characterized in being designed to determine a first time interval (128) between a first time of generation (T1) of the first input image (110) and a second time of generation (T2) of the second input image (112) and to calculate a particular output image (122) by interpolating between the first input image (110) and the second input image (112) on the basis of the first time interval (128).
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A conversion method comprising:
- a step of receiving a first series of input images comprising successively a first input image (110) and a second input image (122);
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- a step of calculating a series of output images based on the first series of input images, with an output image (118) being spaced a predetermined time interval (132) from a predecessor (116), if any,
- characterized in that the method comprises a timing step to determine a first time interval (128) between a first time of generation (T1) of the first input image (110) and a second time of generation (T2) of the second input image (112) and that in the step of calculating the series of output images (116-126) a particular output images is calculated by interpolating between the first input image (110) and the second input image (112) on the basis of the first time interval (128).
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