Patent Document ID: 20100149421
Application ID: 12468855
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing method for determining a motion vector of a interpolated block in a covered/uncovered area of an interpolated picture, the interpolated picture being composed of a plurality of blocks, the image processing method comprising: determining a plurality of image difference values of a plurality of successive blocks along one dimension in the interpolated picture according to original motion vectors of the successive blocks, wherein the successive blocks include the interpolated block; determining first motion vectors and second motion vectors of the successive blocks according to the image difference values of the successive blocks, wherein the first motion vector and the second motion vector of one of the successive blocks are the original motion vectors of two blocks located in both side of a block having a maximum image difference value; determining a starting point of the interpolated block according to the first motion vectors and the second motion vectors of the successive blocks; and selecting one of the first motion vector and the second motion vector of the interpolated block as the motion vector of the interpolated block according to the starting point and a starting point in a previous interpolated picture.