Multiresolution motion estimation for low-rate video frame interpolation

  • Authors:

  • Hezerul Abdul Karim;Michel Bister;Mohammad Umar Siddiqi

  • Affiliations:

  • Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia;Division of Engineering, The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, Wisma MISC, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Applied Signal Processing
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Interpolation of video frames with the purpose of increasing the frame rate requires the estimation of motion in the image so as to interpolate pixels along the path of the objects. In this paper, the specific challenges of low-rate video frame interpolation are illustrated by choosing one well-performing algorithm for high-frame-rate interpolation (Castango 1996) and applying it to low frame rates. The degradation of performance is illustrated by comparing the original algorithm, the algorithm adapted to low frame rate, and simple averaging. To overcome the particular challenges of low-frame-rate interpolation, two algorithms based on multiresolution motion estimation are developed and compared on objective and subjective basis and shown to provide an elegant solution to the specific challenges of low-frame-rate video interpolation.