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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2007
Young-jin Yoo, Guri-si, KR;
Won-hee Choe, Gyeongju-si, KR;
Jae-guyn Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-jin Yoo, Guri-si, KR;
Won-hee Choe, Gyeongju-si, KR;
Jae-guyn Lim, Yongin-si, KR;
Seong-deok Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
Provided are a noise reduction apparatus having an edge enhancement function and a method thereof, in which edges in an input image can be prevented from being blurred when reducing noise in the input image and a clear output image can be obtained by reducing edge discontinuities. The noise reduction apparatus includes a window setting module which sets a portion of an input image as a window, an edge-information detection module which detects edge information regarding the window, an image processing module which performs an image processing operation on the window, and an output-image generation module which generates an output image by reflecting the edge information into one or more windows obtained by the image processing operation.