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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2001
Yukio Mori, Hirakata, JP;
Seiji Okada, Hirakata, JP;
Tetsuo Mise, Hirakata, JP;
Masahiko Yoshiyama, Daito, JP;
Haruhiko Murata, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiya Iinuma, Kadoma, JP;
Syugo Yamashita, Hirakata, JP;
Yukio Mori, Hirakata, JP;
Seiji Okada, Hirakata, JP;
Tetsuo Mise, Hirakata, JP;
Masahiko Yoshiyama, Daito, JP;
Haruhiko Murata, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshiya Iinuma, Kadoma, JP;
Syugo Yamashita, Hirakata, JP;
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There are provided hue detecting means for detecting a hue component for each pixel from a first color difference signal R−Y and a second color difference signal B−Y, and gain controlling means for controlling for each pixel a gain for arbitrarily selected one of or an arbitrary combination of a luminance signal, a first color difference signal R−Y, and a second color difference signal B−Y depending on the detected hue component for each pixel.