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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2007
Applicants:
Tetsuya Katagiri, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuchika Sato, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsuya Katagiri, Kyoto, JP;
Kazuchika Sato, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01); H04N 5/00 (2011.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing device and an image processing method of the invention generate multiple images having different edge preservation performances based on an original image, and synthesize the multiple images based on edge information. In the synthesis, the generated images are synthesized in such a manner that an image of an edge portion in the generated image having a low edge preservation performance is replaced by the generated image having a high edge preservation performance.