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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus of the disclosure includes: a blocking unit configured to divide image information into blocks; a map information acquisition unit configured to acquire at least one piece of map information in which pieces of reference pixel information and pieces of positional information are associated with a target pixel in each of the blocks, the pieces of reference pixel information denoting at least one reference pixel referenced by the target pixel, each of the pieces of positional information denoting a positional relationship between the target pixel and the at least one reference pixel; and a reference pixel information selecting unit configured to select one piece of reference pixel information of the pieces of reference pixel information included in the at least one piece of map information based on a pixel value of the target pixel and a pixel value of the at least one reference pixel.