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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Zheng Lin, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Zheng Lin, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Tamaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for improve the image quality of an output image in the size reduction procedure of the resolution conversion process. The apparatus comprises a resolution conversation (RC) unit for down-sizing an original image to a target size image, a RC process controller for controlling an operation of the RC unit so as to repeat a prescribed resolution conversion process twice or more, and a memory for storing an intermediate size image.