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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaki Kishimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/393 ; G06T 3/40 ; G06K 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/393 ; G06T 3/40 ; G06K 1/502 ;
Abstract
A video processing apparatus according to the present invention includes edge detecting means for detecting an edge direction of an image, coefficient selecting means for selecting a coefficient based on the edge direction detected by the edge detecting means, and filter means for filtering a frequency band by using a frequency characteristic corresponding to the coefficient selected by the coefficient selecting means, wherein the number of pixels of the image is enlarged twice.