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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Applicants:
Nobuyuki Matsushita, Kanagawa, JP;
Jiro Takatori, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Kawaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a conversion unit converting a first color image signal including a predetermined color space into a second color image signal including a color space having a luminance signal and a color difference signal; a color determination section determining a color of each pixel of the first color image signal or the second color image signal; and a noise removal unit performing a noise removal process by changing a noise removal strength with respect to the color difference signal in accordance with the color determined by the color determination section.