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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 13, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuakira Moriwake, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshihiro Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382293 ; 348580 ; 364731 ;
Abstract
In an image transformation apparatus, the image formed by an input video signal is stored into a memory, and the input video signal is read based on a read-address data of a predetermined read-address generator means, to execute a predetermined image transformation with respect to an image. The transformed image is formed by using a function in which a distance from the center of the transformed image is changeable corresponding to an angle from the center of that, so as to obtain the lens effect transforming the image into images having various curvilinearly shapes.