AN EVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURE FOR MOTION-COMPENSATED 100 HZ TELEVISION

In this paper, recently developed algorithms for high quality motion-c ompensated up-conversion are combined in a new architecture closely re sembling that of current 100 Hz consumer television sets, By merging t he motion estimation and the motion compensation part, the estimated s ilicon area could be reduced to a level where the entire functionality can be realized with one processing chip replacing the currently used 100 Hz processing chip, This enables a simple evolution towards motio n compensated 100 Hz TV, considered to be very attractive, The archite ctural choice, and the wish to share expensive memories, requires some modifications in the motion estimator and up-convertor design which a re discussed, The specific case of movie programs is dealt with, and i t is also shown how the evolutionary architecture can achieve a signif icantly improved motion portrayal for this movie material.