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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1999
Shigeru Harada, Tokyo, JP;
Junji Kagita, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihito Osawa, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhiko Fujihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stereoscopic feeling can be easily emphasized by properly applying seven items of: a front/rear feeling and depth feeling circuit,constructed by a front/rear feeling to shift a position of an image in the horizontal direction on the basis of edge information of a video signal and add to a binocular parallax and a depth feeling to set a center fusion image plane to a position behind a display surface; a glossy feeling and contrast emphasizing circuit,for detecting a glossy portion of the video signal and emphasizing a contrast of a single eye and both eyes in the glossy portion; a V aperture control and coring sharpness circuit,constructed by a vertical aperture control to raise frequencies of a middle low band or higher at a change point in the vertical direction and a coring sharpness to give a sharpness to only an edge having a large amplitude and high frequency components; and a color emphasizing circuit,for emphasizing color contrasts of colors other than a skin color.