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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Matsushita Electric Industrial, Osaka-fu, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which performs a process which enhances incongruous pixel values in an original image, including an object pixel selecting unit for selecting an object pixel out of pixels which compose the original image, a plurality n of filter units, each of which extracts pixel values of a set of pixels, including the selected object pixel, on one of a predetermined surface and a predetermined line which pass through the object pixel, out of pixels in a predetermined range, wherein each predetermined surface and predetermined line is at a different inclination, a relative size comparing unit for comparing pixels values of each set of pixels extracted by each filter unit and specifying a filter unit whose pixel values best approximate to a predetermined standard, and a first pixel value enhancing unit for enhancing a pixel value of the object pixel based on only the pixel values of the specified filter unit.