Patent ID: 7103231
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for generating a transition of a plurality of output images from a first sequence of images to a second sequence of images wherein an image at an end of the first sequence is not contiguous with an image at a beginning of the second sequence, the method comprising: for each output image, selecting a pair of a first image from the first sequence and a second image from the second sequence such that the output image has a point in time between the first image and the second image in the transition; for each selected pair of first and second images, determining a set of motion vectors that describes motion between the first and second images; for each output image, calculating a factor that represents the point in time, between the first and second images selected for the output image, at which the output image occurs; for each output image, performing motion compensated interpolation to generate the output image according to the determined set of motion vectors and the calculated factor, wherein performing motion compensated interpolation comprises: warping the selected first image according to the determined set of motion vectors and the calculated factor; warping the selected second image according to the determined set of motion vectors and the calculated factor; and blending the warped first image and the warped second image according to the calculated factor to obtain the output image.