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Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012

Filed:

Jul. 07, 2010
Applicant:

Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshitsugu Manabe, Fussa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is provided an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a brightness information acquisition unit configured to acquire brightness information indicating brightness of each pixel in a target image, wherein high-frequency components are eliminated from the target image; a correction magnification setting unit configured to set, for each pixel of the target image, a correction magnification based on the brightness information, wherein the correction magnification is substantially inversely proportional to the brightness of the pixel; and a gradation correction unit configured to correct the brightness of each pixel based on the correction magnification.


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