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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Shiroshi Kanemitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuhiro Tabuchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takaaki Kawakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus according to one embodiment, an edge correcting unit replaces a signal level of a target pixel with a maximum value of signal levels of a plurality of peripheral pixels when a sum of the signal level of the target pixel and the edge information is more than the maximum value, and the edge correcting unit replaces the signal level of the target pixel with a minimum value of the signal levels of the plurality of peripheral pixels when a sum of the signal level of the target pixel and the edge information is less than the minimum value.