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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2024
Lapis Technology Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Naoki Nishitani, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Imatoh, Yokohama, JP;
LAPIS Technology Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device derives an edge component value of a pixel of interest by performing an edge detection process using a brightness of the pixel of interest and brightnesses of peripheral pixels of the pixel of interest of image information including the brightness and a color difference of each pixel, derives an average of the color differences of the pixel of interest and the peripheral pixels, derives a median of the color differences of the pixel of interest and the peripheral pixels, and selects one of the average and the median as the color difference of the pixel of interest by using the edge component value, the average, and the median.