Video apparatus and method for producing the illusion of motion from a sequence of still images

摘要

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.