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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Koji Mitsuya, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Kurata, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image adding unit to perform noise reduction processing in the spatial direction by adding multiple images while performing motion compensation, an intra-screen noise reducing unit to perform noise reduction processing in the spatial direction within one image for each of the multiple images before adding with the image adding unit, and a control unit to vary the noise reduction strength in the spatial direction by the intra-screen noise reduction unit as to the multiple images to be added with the image adding unit.