Patent ID: 7620254

Claim:
A method for motion-vector-aided interpolation of a pixel of an intermediate image lying between two input images, the method comprising: using a processor to perform selecting a first pixel from the first input image and assigning a first video information value to the first pixel using a first motion vector; selecting a second pixel from the second input image and assigning a second video information value to the second pixel using the first motion vector; selecting a third pixel from the first input image and assigning a third video information value to the third pixel using a second motion vector; selecting a fourth pixel from the second input image and assigning a fourth video information value to the fourth pixel using the second motion vector; determining a first interval specified by the first video information value and the second video information value or a second interval specified by the third video information value and the fourth video information value; and mixing the video information values by multiplying the first video information value by a first weighting factor, the second video information value by a second weighting factor, the third video information value by a third weighting factor, and the fourth video information value by a fourth weighting factor and adding the weighted video information values to obtain a video information value of the pixel of the intermediate image, the weighting factors being chosen such that the video information value of the pixel of the intermediate image lies within the determined first or second intervals.