The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2005
Kazunori Sumiya, Ishikawa, JP;
Manabu Yata, Ishikawa, JP;
Taro Hizume, Ishikawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazunori Sumiya, Ishikawa, JP;
Manabu Yata, Ishikawa, JP;
Taro Hizume, Ishikawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Sano, Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of obtaining a sharp image having less noise, comprising: a horizontal edge strength calculating unitfor calculating an edge strength along a horizontal direction of a concerned pixel; and a prefilterfor carrying out a filter processing based on the horizontal edge strength, and performing noise reduction and edge enhancement, a vertical edge strength calculating unitfor calculating an edge strength along a vertical direction of the concerned pixel; and a prefilterfor carrying out a filter processing based on the vertical edge strength, and performing noise reduction and edge enhancement, thereby enabling to sharpen image data in the vicinity of the concerned pixel respectively along horizontal and vertical directions, and obtain an image having less noises as well as sharp for edge directions.
Data source: USPTO (United States Patent and Trademark Office) public patent records. Weekly synchronization. How IDiyas builds this profile