Novel frame interpolation method for hold-type displays

Flat panel displays (FPDs) such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a plasma display (PDP) have a problem of a motion blur. It is known that the motion blur is caused by the hold-type characteristics of LCD. The problem is improved with a double-rate driving method. In this method, it is necessary to insert the middle frame according to the motions by the objects. The middle frame is created using the frame interpolation technique with the motion estimation and the motion compensation. We proposed a robust hybrid method which consists of several kinds of interpolation method and verified that the hybrid method achieved high image quality by the subjective evaluation.