Telecine judder removal systems and methods

A method comprising:

• receiving, using a timing controller of an electronic display, display image data from an image source via a source frame stream, wherein the source frame stream comprises image frames that are captured to digitally represent video content;
• determining, using the timing controller, a rate at which the image frames were captured based at least in part on cadence with which the image frames are received via the source frame stream;
• and
• transmitting, using the timing controller, one or more of the image frames to a display driver via a timing controller frame stream to instruct the display driver to write the one or more of the image frames to the electronic display at a refresh rate that is a multiple of the rate at which the image frames were captured.

An electronic display comprising:

• a display driver configured to write image frames by applying voltage signals to a display panel of the electronic display, wherein the display driver is configured to:
• write a first image frame to the display panel when the electronic display receives the first image frame without a delay, wherein the first image frame is a 2-repeat frame;
• and
• write a second image frame to the display panel with a delay of half a frame period after the electronic display receives the second image frame, wherein the second image frame is a 3-repeat frame.

A tangible, non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of an electronic display, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:

• detect, using the processor, that a first image frame received from an image source that instructs the electronic display to display the first image frame;
• detect, using the processor, whether a second image frame received directly after the first image frame instructs the electronic display to display the second image frame;
• detect using the processor, whether a third image frame received directly after the second image frame instructs the electronic display to display the third image frame;
• determine, using the processor, that display image data has a 2:3 cadence when the second image frame does not instruct the electronic display to display the second image frame and the third image frame instructs the electronic display to display the third image frame;
• determine, using the processor, that the display image data has a 3:2 cadence when the second image frame does not instruct the electronic display to display the second image frame and the third image frame does not instruct the electronic display to display the third image frame;
• and
• instruct, using the processor, the electronic display to adjust refresh rate used to display the first image frame when the display image data has a 2:3 cadence or a 3:2 cadence.