Patent ID: 8730390

Claim:
A picture processing apparatus comprising: an interpolated picture data generation portion configured so as to, based on time-series picture data, generate interpolated picture data at given points in time in the course of the time-series picture data; and a control portion configured so as to control the interpolated picture data generation portion by using multi-screen information of the time-series picture data, wherein the interpolated picture data generation portion includes a speed detection portion configured so as to detect speed information per frame based on the time-series picture data; and an interpolation processing portion configured so as to generate the interpolated picture data by using the speed information detected by the speed detection portion based on the time-series picture data; and wherein the control portion controls the speed detection portion substantially not to detect the speed in a child screen area, wherein the interpolated picture data generation portion further includes a film picture determination portion configured so as to, based on the time-series picture data, detect the regularity of the time-series picture data in order to determine, using the information thus detected, whether the time-series picture data is film picture data generated from original film pictures, based on the time-series picture data, the interpolation processing portion generates the interpolated picture data using the result of the determination performed by the film picture determination portion along with the speed information detected by the speed detection portion; and wherein the control portion controls the speed detection portion substantially not to detect the speed in the child screen area while controlling the film picture determination portion not to reference the detected information regarding the regularity of the child screen area upon performing the determination.