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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Ikai, Sakai, JP;
Norio Itoh, Sakai, JP;
Takeshi Chujoh, Sakai, JP;
Yasuaki Tokumo, Sakai, JP;
Hiroshi Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/117 (2014.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 19/82 (2014.01); H04N 19/159 (2014.01); G06N 3/08 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/117 (2014.11); G06N 3/08 (2013.01); H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 19/159 (2014.11); H04N 19/82 (2014.11);
Abstract
A filtered image with enhanced image quality is output. Provided is a loop filter including: a filtering processing unit configured to apply a filter to an unfiltered image; and an ALF unit configured to receive input of a DL image to which a filter is applied by a first filtering processing unit out of the filtering processing unit. The ALF unit further receives input of the unfiltered image.