Appeal No. 2001-1929
Application 09/167,994
decoding a first frame from a signal representing the moving
image;
decoding a second frame from the signal representing the
moving image, wherein the second frame immediately follows the
first frame in a first series of frames encoded in the signal
representing the moving image;
generating an interpolated frame that is not encoded in the
signal representing the moving image, wherein generating the
interpolated frame comprises:
determining a set of motion vectors that corresponds to
a set of base areas in the second frame, each motion vector
identifying an area that is in the first frame and is
similar to the base area corresponding to the motion vector,
determining interpolated motion vectors from the motion
vectors; and
for each interpolated motion vector, generating a block
of pixel values representing an area of the interpolated
frame having a position that the interpolated motion vector
identifies; and
displaying a second series of frames that includes the
first frame followed by the interpolated frame followed by the
second frame, whereby displaying the second series of frames
provides a higher frame rate than does the signal representing
the image.
The following reference is relied on by the examiner:
Boyce et al. (Boyce) 6,025,878 Feb. 15, 2000
(effective filing date Nov. 14, 1994)
Claims 1-5, 8, 9, 13, 17 and 19-24 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Boyce. It is noted
that the examiner’s apparent reliance upon the final rejection
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