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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicant:
Tohru Kurata, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Tohru Kurata, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present application provides an image processing apparatus, including: a correlation value calculation section configured to determine a correlation value between a target block and a each of reference blocks; a section configured to determine a highest value from among the correlation values; a motion vector detection section configured to detect a motion vector of the target block; and a section configured to calculate an index to reliability of the motion vector detected by the motion vector detection section.