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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Hak-sup Song, Suwon-si, KR;
Sun-mi Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Woo-jin Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image filtering method and apparatus that filter a block of a plane area by using a pseudo-random filter are provided, whereby artifacts generated in image encoding and decoding procedures are removed, the method including: determining a similarity between pixel values of a the first block; and generating a second block by selectively applying a pseudo-random filter on the first block according to a result of based on the determining the determined similarity.