Patent ID: 7228057

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 progressive scanning converter to convert the first interlaced pictures for obtaining first progressive pictures; a picture selector to select moving pictures to be displayed from the first progressive pictures per frame in accordance with the set reproduction speed for obtaining second progressive pictures; and a scanning-line decimator to decimate scanning lines of the second progressive pictures so that the number of remaining scanning lines of the second progressive pictures after decimation is equal to the number of scanning lines of interlace pictures to be displayed, thus outputting 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.