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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1994
Andrew Hackett, Klingenthal, FR;
Michael Knee, Petersfield, GB;
Michel Kerdranvat, Bischoffsheim, FR;
Nadine Bolender, Strasbourg, FR;
Thomson Consumer Electronics S.A., Courbevoie, FR;
Abstract
Motion compensated video output signal (SO) produced by a soft switching or 'fading' (SSW) between the a motion compensated interpolation (MCI) and a 'fallback' mode (FFI) (e.g., intra-field), controlled by a 'measure of confidence' (CF) in the reliability of the estimated motion vector. The confidence measure includes the following two components, namely: (i) a 'basic confidence measure' (e.g., a block based, minimum motion estimation error (BME) and (ii) a measure based on the motion velocity or 'speed' of movement of the motion vector or its horizontal (MVX) and vertical components (MVY).