Patent ID: 7929611
Filing Date: 2011-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A frame rate converting apparatus which converts a frame rate of a moving image, comprising: a motion detecting module which detects information related to motion of an image for each frame of a moving image to be converted; a pan/tilt determining module which determines whether the image is in a pan/tilt state on the basis of the information related to the motion of the image detected by the motion detecting module for each frame of the moving image to be converted; a moving distance setting module which sets 0 as a moving distance of an image with respect to a frame the image of which is not determined as an image in a pan/tilt state by the pan/tilt determining module, which calculates a moving distance of an image from the information related to the motion of the image detected by the motion detecting module with respect to a frame the image of which is determined as an image in a pan/tilt state, and which sets the obtained moving distance as a moving distance of the image; and a prediction image generating module which generates a prediction image necessary for frame rate conversion on the basis of the moving distance of the image set for each frame by the moving distance setting module.