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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Fumihito Yasuma, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Mitsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihito Yasuma, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoo Mitsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing device includes: an interpolation unit configured to perform interpolation along each of a plurality of directions in a neighbor region of a predetermined pixel of interest in an input image, and generate interpolation values for each; a chroma signal alias intensity calculating unit configured to calculate alias intensities of chroma signals from interpolation values of each of the plurality of directions from the interpolation unit; and a direction evaluation unit configured to generate evaluation values corresponding to each of the plurality of directions, based on the alias intensity of each of the chroma signals of the plurality of directions from the chroma signal alias intensity calculating unit.