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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Applicants:
Makoto Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Makoto Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: ΔΣ modulation means for applying, when predetermined signal processing is applied to a modulated image obtained by applying ΔΣ modulation to an image in a signal processing unit, the ΔΣ modulation to the image, wherein a frequency characteristic of noise shaping by the ΔΣ modulation is a characteristic opposite to a frequency characteristic of the predetermined signal processing.