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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/70 (2014.01); H04N 19/82 (2014.01); H04N 19/86 (2014.01); H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/127 (2014.01); H04N 19/172 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/117 (2014.11); H04N 19/127 (2014.11); H04N 19/172 (2014.11); H04N 19/70 (2014.11); H04N 19/82 (2014.11); H04N 19/86 (2014.11);
Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus which includes a setting unit assigning a control block, which is a control unit of a filter process that is locally performed with respect to an image, to an initial position of the image determined based on a predetermined reference point; a movement unit moving the control block, which has been assigned to the initial position of the image by the setting unit, up to a position in which the result of the filter process is improved; and a filter processing unit performing the filter process for the respective control blocks which has been moved by the movement unit.