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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2005
Hiroshi Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Magai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuyoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To obtain a noise eliminating device which is capable of efficiently separating a noise component from an image component to attenuate only the noise component. A noise eliminating device includes: a first input reading unit () for reading out input image block data of a predetermined block; a second input reading unit () for reading out reference data containing data in the vicinities of the predetermined block; an output reading unit () for reading out output image block data of the predetermined block; a comparing unit () for comparing a level of a difference signal representing a difference between the input image block data and the output image block data with a predetermined value; a retrieving unit () for retrieving retrieval block data correlating with the input image block data; a switching unit () for outputting output image block update data based on comparison results; an output writing unit () for writing the scaled output image block update data to an output image buffer (); and a control unit () for successively carrying out setting of a plurality of predetermined blocks.