Characterization of Motion Interpolation in 120Hz Systems

  • Shin, Byung-Hyuk (LCD Technology Center, LCD Business, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Woo (LCD Technology Center, LCD Business, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD) ;
  • Park, Min-Kyu (LCD Technology Center, LCD Business, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD) ;
  • Berkeley, Brian H. (LCD Technology Center, LCD Business, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD)
  • Published : 2008.10.13

Abstract

Motion interpolation is adopted and has been spread widely into market since it is effective in reducing motion blur, which is considered as weak characteristic due to slow response time of liquid crystal and hold-type display. 120Hz driving using interpolated frames achieves better moving picture quality with less motion blur and less motion judder. However, errors in the interpolated frames can cause visual artifacts such as static text breakup, halos, and occlusions. This paper focuses on categorizing characteristics of visual artifacts and on reducing side-effects by using information from original frames in special cases.

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