Patent ID: 8243194

Claim:
A method of frame interpolation for a video stream comprising generating an interpolated video frame for arrangement between first and second frames in a video stream, the second frame appearing after the first frame in the video stream, the method comprising: (a) identifying one or more moving objects within the first frame; (b) segmenting each moving object identified in step (a); (c) determining motion parameters for each of the segments of the segmented objects; (d) generating said interpolated video frame in dependence on said determined motion parameters; and, predicting the position of objects within a third frame, the third frame appearing after the second frame in the video stream, wherein said predictions are dependent on only the motion parameters determined in step (c) for the first interpolated frame, checking said predictions against the third frame for a predetermined accuracy, and if accurate, using only said motion parameters for the first interpolated frame in generating a second interpolated frame for arrangement between the second frame and the third frame in the video stream, else if not accurate repeating steps (a) to (d) with the second and third frames, wherein the first, second and third frames are consecutive.