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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-hyun Nam, Seoul, KR;
Il-jun Ahn, Suwon-si, KR;
Tammy Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ki-heum Cho, Seoul, KR;
Yong-sup Park, Seoul, KR;
Min-su Cheon, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus. The present image processing apparatus comprises: an input unit for inputting an image; and a processor for shrinking the inputted image to a predetermined ratio, extracting a visual feature from the shrunken image, performing an image quality enhancement process reflecting the extracted visual feature in the inputted image, repeatedly performing, for a predetermined number of times, the shrinking, the extracting, and the image quality enhancement process on the image that has undergone the image quality enhancement process. The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence (AI) system and an application thereof that simulate the functions of a human brain, such as recognition, judgment, etc., by using a machine learning algorithm such as deep learning, etc.