Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating an interpolated image between a previous image and a current image in a video stream. The invention also relates to an image processing system for creating an interpolated image between a previous image and a current image in a video stream. The invention is based on the following principle: a motion estimator generates at least two vector fields, one at a temporal position smaller then 1A, and another at a temporal position greater than 1A. Then occlusion detection is done to detect covering and uncovering areas. A first vector is fetched from the first vector field and a second vector is fetched from the second vector field. If there is covering, the up-conversion vector is the second vector; if there is uncovering, the up-conversion vector is the first vector; if there is no uncovering-covering, the up-conversion may be either the first vector or the second vector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for creating an interpolated image between a previous image and a current image in a video stream. The invention also relates to an image processing system for creating an interpolated image between a previous image and a current image in a video stream. The invention is based on the following principle: a motion estimator generates at least two vector fields, one at a temporal position smaller then 1 A, and another at a temporal position greater than 1 A. Then occlusion detection is done to detect covering and uncovering areas. A first vector is fetched from the first vector field and a second vector is motion vector fetched from the second vector field. If there is covering, the up-conversion vector is the second vector; if there is uncovering, the up-conversion vector is the first vector; if there is no uncovering-covering, the up-conversion may be either the first vector or the second vector.

Abstract: A segmentation system (100) for segmenting a first image feature (214) in a first video image from an adjacent second image feature (216) in the first video image on basis of motion and on an image property like color or luminance. The segmentation system (100) comprises; a block-based motion estimator (102) for estimating motion vectors (218-230) for blocks of pixels; a motion segmentation unit (104) for segmenting the first video image into a first group of connected blocks of pixels (204) and a second group of connected blocks of pixels (206) on basis of the motion vectors (218-230) of the respective blocks of pixels; and a pixel-based segmentation unit (106) for segmenting the first image feature (214) from the second image feature (214) by means of a pixel-based segmentation of a portion of the blocks of pixels of the first and second group of connected blocks of pixels (214 and 216), on basis of the respective values of the image property.