Video apparatus and method for producing the illusion of motion from a sequence of still images
US4698682A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1986 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2006 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/265
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for use with a computerized graphics system to create the illusion of motion from a sequence of still images. A memory and circuitry are provided to generate video signals representing successive still images in the motion sequence. The transition from still image to still image in the sequence is provided by dissolving from the presently displayed image to the next image. This dissolve eliminates the jerkiness that is usually present in creating motion from two images having rather large pixel size by smoothing over the transition from one still image to the next.
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