Patent ID: 8253854

Claim:
An image processing engine, comprising: a frame rate conversion entity configured to: generate output pictures from input pictures, the output pictures comprising a set of first output pictures and a plurality of sets of second output pictures, each set of second output pictures being associated with one of the first output pictures, each of the first output pictures being derived from a respective one of the input pictures; and control generation of the set of second output pictures associated with a particular first output picture based upon repetitive pattern presence detection within a related picture that is either the particular first output picture or the input picture from which the particular first output picture was derived, wherein the related picture comprises a plurality of pixel collections and wherein to control generation of the set of second output pictures associated with the particular first picture, the frame rate conversion entity is configured to cause a given pixel collection in the related picture to be repeated in at least one interpolated picture when substantial repetitive pattern presence detection is assessed within the given pixel collection in the related picture, the frame rate conversion entity being further configured to: generate a motion vector for the given pixel collection in the related picture; translate the given pixel collection by a scaled version of the motion vector; and cause the translated given pixel collection to appear in the at least one interpolated picture, when non-substantial repetitive pattern presence detection is assessed within the given pixel collection in the related picture.