Display device, frame rate conversion device, and display method

1. A display device, comprising:

a frame rate conversion section performing frame rate conversion through performing a frame interpolation process on a composite picture frame with use of a motion vector, the composite picture frame being generated through superimposing an on-screen display (OSD) picture region on a picture frame;

a mask generation section generating a mask region based on a flag signal, the flag signal indicating a first region of the composite picture frame that is superimposed by the OSD picture region; and

a display section performing picture display based on a frame-rate-converted composite picture frame provided from the frame rate conversion section, wherein

the mask region creates a boundary of at least one pixel between the first region and a second region of the composite picture frame that is not superimposed by the OSD picture region, and

the frame rate conversion section selectively performs the frame interpolation process to each pixel or to every plural pixels in the second region of the composite picture frame.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the flag signal is correlated with a timing of each pixel or with every plural pixels in a picture signal of the composite picture frame, the picture signal indicating display properties of the composite picture frame, and

in response to the timing of a pixel of the picture signal coinciding with an active state of the flag signal, the display section overlays a portion of the OSD picture region on the coinciding pixel.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the flag signal represents coordinates of the OSD picture region.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a superimposition section generating the flag signal as well as the composite picture frame.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein

the superimposition section multiplexes the composite picture frame and the OSD region information to output a resultant thereof.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the composite picture frame and the flag signal are subjected to time-divisional multiplexing for each pixel or for every plural pixels.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the mask generation section performs generation of the mask region with adjustment of a size thereof based on provided adjustment setting information.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the mask generation section generates the mask region configured of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels, and

the frame rate conversion section selectively performs the frame interpolation process on each of the pixel blocks.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the mask generation section performs generation of the mask region with adjustment of a size thereof through comparing the number of OSD picture pixels included in each of the pixel blocks with a pixel-number threshold value.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the mask generation section determines to incorporate a pixel block into the mask region when that pixel block includes the same number of OSD picture pixels as a pixel-number of the pixel block.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein

the mask generation section determines to incorporate a pixel block into the mask region when that pixel block includes one or more OSD picture pixels.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the boundary created by the mask region separates all points of a perimeter of the first region from an edge of the second region by a distance of at least one pixel.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the mask region is generated, based on the flag signal, by determining a pixel of the picture signal that precedes the timing of the coinciding active state of the flag signal.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

a combination of the first region and the boundary created by the mask region defines pixels of the composite picture frame that are excluded from the frame interpolation process.

15. A frame rate conversion device, comprising:

a frame rate conversion section performing frame rate conversion through performing a frame interpolation process on a composite picture frame with use of a motion vector, the composite picture frame being generated through superimposing an on-screen display (OSD) on a picture frame, and

a mask generation section generating a mask region based on a flag signal, the flag signal indicating a first region of the composite picture frame that is superimposed by the OSD picture region; wherein

the mask region creates a boundary of at least one pixel between the first region and a second region of the composite picture frame that is not superimposed by the OSD picture region, and

the frame rate conversion section selectively performs the frame interpolation process to each pixel or to every plural pixels in the second region the composite picture frame.

16. A display method, comprising the steps of:

performing frame rate conversion through performing a frame interpolation process on a composite picture frame with use of a motion vector, the composite picture frame being generated through superimposing an on-screen display (OSD) picture region on a picture frame;

generating a mask region based on a flag signal, the flag signal indicating a first region of the composite picture frame superimposed by the OSD picture region; and

performing picture display based on a frame-rate-converted composite picture frame, wherein

the mask region creates a boundary of at least one pixel between the first region and a second region of the composite picture frame that is not superimposed by the OSD picture region, and

the frame interpolation process is selectively performed on each pixel or on every plural pixels in the second region the composite picture.