Frame rate conversion system

A system for detecting a graphical element in a selected image of a series of images comprising:

• (a) a motion compensated error map process that identifies regions of said selected image that have a value greater than a threshold of the difference between said selected image and a motion compensated said selected image based upon said series of images to provide a likelihood map for detecting said graphical element;
• (b) a first filter process based upon said selected image and a plurality of said series of images other than said selected image to temporally smooth said likelihood map;
• (c) said system modifying said likelihood map based upon said first filter process,
• (d) further comprising a second filter process to filter out spatial locations of said likelihood map at spatial locations that are generally central in said selected image, a third filter process to filter out spatial locations of said likelihood map where a difference between said selected image and a non-motion compensated said one of said series of images other than said selected image is greater than a threshold, a fourth filter process to spatially smooth said likelihood map, a fifth filter process to filter out regions having a size less than a first threshold and greater than a second threshold and modifying said likelihood map based upon said first second, third, fourth, and fifth processes.