Picture quality improving apparatus capable of reducing deterioration of interpolated signal

摘要

A picture quality improving apparatus includes a multiplexer for multiplexing a digital luminance signal and a digital color difference signal upon reception thereof and outputting a first multiplex signal. A noise reduction circuit reduces a noise component from the first multiplex signal and outputs a second multiplex signal. A motion detector receives the first multiplex signal and detects a picture movement signal included in the first multiplex signal. An interpolation signal generator generates a first interpolation signal based on the digital luminance signal and generates a second interpolation signal based on the second multiplex signal. A signal selector selects one of the first and second interpolation signals from the interpolation signal generator in accordance with the picture movement signal detected by the motion detector.