Efficient Architecture for Full HD 120 Hz Frame Rate Conversion

Author

Bellers, E.B. ; Janssen, J.G.W.M. ; Penners, M.

Author_Institution

NXP Semicond., San Jose, CA

fYear

2008

fDate

9-13 Jan. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Motion blur is one of the remaining concerns for LCD-TVs. A solution is provided by reducing the sample-and-hold time by driving the LCD-panel at a higher temporal frequency (120 Hz), and additionally properly converting the video signal into a 120 Hz video stream. Applying motion-compensated frame-rate conversion (MC- FRC) technology not only requires sophisticated algorithms but an underlaying video architecture as well which can sustain the high throughput rates, particularly for full HD at 120 Hz. In this paper, we present the algorithm and video architecture which enables the conversion of 120 Hz occlusion-free MC-FRC for up to full HD sources.

Keywords

high definition television; liquid crystal displays; motion compensation; video signal processing; LCD-TV; frequency 120 Hz; full HD sources; motion blur; motion-compensated frame-rate conversion; occlusion-free MC-FRC; sample-and-hold time; video signal; Broadcasting; Frequency conversion; High definition video; Interpolation; Motion estimation; Motion pictures; Multimedia communication; Streaming media; Throughput; USA Councils;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2008. ICCE 2008. Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1458-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1459-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2008.4587885

Filename

4587885