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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Applicants:
Chi-feng Wang, Chung Ho, TW;
Chia-wei Yu, Tai Pei, TW;
Yen-hsing Wu, Hsin Chu County, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Realtek Semiconductor Corp., Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An edge enhancing apparatus includes: an edge detector, for determining an edge direction of an image region corresponding to a target pixel; and a pixel value determining module, coupled to the edge detector, for obtaining a plurality of pixel values of a plurality of pixels and an initial pixel value of the target pixel according to the edge direction, and performing a calculation on the plurality of pixel values and the initial pixel value to generate a calibrated pixel value.