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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Takeshima, Takatsuki, JP;
Atsuhisa Kageyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Minoru Kawabata, Takatsuki, JP;
Hiroko Sugimoto, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A histogram generator creates a histogram to detect the characteristics of video signals. The histogram generator allows for a reduction in problems of instability caused by noise that may exist in other histogram generators. A width is allocated to thresholds used in creating the histogram, and signal values are counted after weighting those falling near a threshold.