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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Tomohiro Ikai, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Kitaura, Osaka, JP;
Tomoko Aono, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/76 (2006.01); H04N 7/12 (2006.01); H04N 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A loop filter section according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a BF section selectively acting on a block boundary of an image processed block by block; and an adaptive filter section including a first linear filter section that acts on an input image to be supplied to the BF section and a second linear filter section that acts on an output image of the BF section. The adaptive filter section performs addition of an output image of the first linear filter section and an output image of the second linear filter section to output a result of the addition.