Patent ID: 7466900

Claim:
An apparatus for reproducing moving pictures from a stored moving-picture signal and outputting the moving pictures at a set reproduction speed that is a first reproduction speed matching a rate of motion of the moving pictures or a second reproduction speed different from the first reproduction speed, the apparatus comprising: a reproducer to reproduce the stored moving-picture signal in accordance with the set reproduction speed for obtaining first interlaced pictures; a scanning-line interpolator to generate scanning lines on positions corresponding to scanning lines lost from the first interlaced pictures due to interlaced scanning for obtaining interpolated interlaced pictures having the generated scanning lines; and a picture selector to select moving pictures to be displayed from the first interlaced pictures or the interpolated interlaced pictures per field in accordance with scanning lines of interlaced pictures to be displayed and the set reproduction speed for obtaining second interlaced pictures, wherein the first interlaced pictures are output when the set reproduction speed is the first reproduction speed whereas the second interlaced pictures are output when the set reproduction speed is the second reproduction speed.