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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2007
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsujiro Kondo, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for processing first image data into second image data having a higher quality includes the following elements. A determination unit determines whether broadcast image data is up-converted image data generated by up-converting different image data by increasing the number of pixels forming the different image data. A down-converter down-converts the broadcast image data into down-converted image data by decreasing the number of pixels forming the broadcast image data. A first image converter converts, if the broadcast image data is not the up-converted image data, the first image data into the second image data by using the down-converted image data and the broadcast image data as the first image data. A second image converter converts, if the broadcast image data is the up-converted image data, the first image data into the second image data by using the down-converted image data as the first image data.