EP1237370A3

A frame-interpolated variable-rate motion imaging system

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A method of recording and processing a digital motion image sequence, includes the steps of: recording a digital motion image sequence at a capture frame rate; determining different effective image content change rates as a function of the scene content changes in different portions of the image sequence; and processing the digital motion image sequence to produce a processed digital motion image sequence having portions with the selected effective change rates.

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US3723644A	Cites	United States of America	DYA	Search report	1
US5552829A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1
US5828786A	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1-20
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EP1237370A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2002-09-04
JP2002359778A	Japan	A	2002-12-13
US2003016750A1	United States of America	A1	2003-01-23
EP1237370A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2003-12-17
EP1237370B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2006-06-07
DE60211978D1	Germany	D1	2006-07-20
DE60211978T2	Germany	T2	2007-01-18
US7242850B2	United States of America	B2	2007-07-10

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A frame-interpolated variable-rate motion imaging system

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