Apparatus and method of motion adaptive image processing

Abstract

An image processing apparatus for image conversion comprises first motion detecting means operable to detect motion to a first level of sensitivity; second motion detecting means operable to detect motion to a second level of sensitivity, the second level of sensitivity being of greater sensitivity than the first level of sensitivity so that the second motion detecting means can detect smaller amounts of motion than the first motion detecting means; conversion selection means operable to select respectively either a first conversion process or a second conversion process for a given point in an image dependant upon whether motion is detected at that point or not, and in which the conversion selection means operates independently of the second motion detecting means if the degree of motion within an image or a part thereof detected by the first motion detecting means exceeds a threshold amount.

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