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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hyundai Electronics Ind. Co., LTD, Kyoungki-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23 ;
Abstract
An image chrominance signal filtering method and apparatus in which object chrominance information and background chrominance information are extracted in an image format conversion process, based on shape information of luminance signals, and then decimation-filtered or interpolation-filtered. In accordance with the method and apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to avoid a color bleeding phenomenon occurring at the boundaries of objects in an image. Accordingly, there is an advantage in that a degradation in picture quality is prevented.