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Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 10, 2009
Applicants:

Yujiro Tani, Osaka, JP;

Atsushi Uchiyama, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Yujiro Tani, Osaka, JP;

Atsushi Uchiyama, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:

MegaChips Corporation, Osaka-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processor includes a frequency transform unit performing frequency transform on a first pixel block as a target block, and a pre-filter performing prefiltering with a region which overlaps with plural unit regions for processing by the frequency transform unit as a unit region for processing, before frequency transform is performed. The pre-filter performs prefiltering on a second pixel block being a predetermined number of pixels each larger horizontally and vertically than the first pixel block as a target block. The pre-filter performs prefiltering sequentially on a plurality of second pixel blocks aligned horizontally. The number of pixel signals in a vertical direction within a group of pixel signals continuously inputted to the pre-filter for prefiltering is equal to the number of rows in the second pixel block.


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