Patent ID: 6137948
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for constructing second moving picture frames for slow-speed reproduction from first moving picture frames for normal-speed reproduction, the apparatus comprising:a user interface receiving a user setting speed;a field selector generating a field select mode signal for constructing the second moving picture frames from the first moving picture frames in response to the input user setting speed; anda frame constructor that, in response to the field select mode signal, repeatedly selects a first field and a second field from each of the first moving picture frames, to construct the second moving picture frames corresponding to the first moving picture frames, such that the first and second fields of the second moving picture frames are generated by forming the first field of the second moving picture frames directly from the selected first or second fields of the first moving picture frames, and forming the second field of the second moving picture frames by way of averaging the selected field,wherein the number of times the first and second fields are selected is determined by the user setting speed.