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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2009
Applicants:
Min-kyu Park, Seoul, KR;
Seung-joong Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Doo-hyeon Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for bit resolution enhancement and edge enhancement in an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a Contour Counter (CC) and determining a type of each region of the input image, determining a Bit Resolution Enhancement (BRE) parameter and an edge enhancement parameter of each region according to the determined region type, determining a first weight for each region of the image and enhancing a bit resolution of the input image, and determining a second weight for each region of the image and performing edge enhancement for the image.