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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Jonathan Living, Nr. Stourbridge, GB;
Jonathan Living, Nr. Stourbridge, GB;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus in which output pixels of an output image are generated from one or more input images using motion vectors having a sub-pixel accuracy. A motion vector allocator allocates motion vectors in the pixels, and compares a current output pixel with test image areas pointed to by motion vectors in the pixels to detect a most suitable motion vector for the current output pixel. A pixel generator operates in a first mode if the output pixel is within a threshold displacement from an image region having substantially different motion characteristics to those of that output pixel, and in a second mode otherwise. The pixel generator includes a spatial filter generating an output pixel value at a required pixel position to a sub-pixel accuracy.