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Image processor and image processing method
Assignee: Sony Corp
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Filing: 2000-04-13
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Granted: 2005-11-15
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Expires: 2020-04-13
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to an image processor and an image processing method for compensating gradation by effectively avoiding drop of partial contrast through application to an image processor such as television receiver, video tape recorder, television camera and printer or the like. A domain to which an input image data belongs is judged, for example, with reference to the low frequency element r (i, j) of the pixel value x (i, j) and the signal level x (i, j) of the image data forming an input image VT is compensated on the basis of the result of judgment r(i, j).
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhiko Ueda
- 👤 Masami Ogata
- 👤 Takashi Tsuchiya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:29
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/14; H04N5/20; H04N5/205; H04N5/208
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
161 words
An image processor for compensating gradation of image data, comprising: domain judging means for judging a domain to which said image data belongs in order to output the result of judgment; coefficient calculating means for outputting a compensation coefficient to compensate a pixel value of said image data based on said result of judgment; and compensating means for compensating a pixel value of said image data depending on said compensation coefficient, wherein said domain judging means includes a plurality of low-pass filters respectively extracting low frequency elements of said image data and signal combining means for generating a combining signal of 1 based on the low frequency element output from a plurality of said low-pass filters and said coefficient calculating means generates said compensation coefficient based on said combining signal, wherein each of said plurality of said low pass filters has a weighing coefficient wherein the sum of the weighing coefficients for said plurality of said low pass filters equals one.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
161 words
An image processor for compensating gradation of image data, comprising: domain judging means for judging a domain to which said image data belongs in order to output the result of judgment; coefficient calculating means for outputting a compensation coefficient to compensate a pixel value of said image data based on said result of judgment; and compensating means for compensating a pixel value of said image data depending on said compensation coefficient, wherein said domain judging means includes a plurality of low-pass filters respectively extracting low frequency elements of said image data and signal combining means for generating a combining signal of 1 based on the low frequency element output from a plurality of said low-pass filters and said coefficient calculating means generates said compensation coefficient based on said combining signal, wherein each of said plurality of said low pass filters has a weighing coefficient wherein the sum of the weighing coefficients for said plurality of said low pass filters equals one.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An image processor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said signal combining means generates said combining signal using a weighted mean of low frequency elements output from a plurality of said low-pass filters.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
An image processor as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said signal combining means generates said combining signal through weighted addition of the low frequency elements output from a plurality of said low-pass filters.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
167 words
An image processing method for compensating for gradation of image data comprising: domain judging process to output the result of judgment by judging a domain to which said image data belongs; coefficient calculating process to output the compensation coefficient for compensating for the pixel value of said image data on the basis of said result of judgment; and compensating process to compensate for the pixel value of said image data corresponding to said compensation coefficient, wherein said domain judging process includes a low frequency element extracting process to extract a plurality of low frequency elements of said image data in different frequency bands and a signal combining process to generate a combining signal based on a plurality of said low frequency elements, and said coefficient calculating process generates said compensation coefficient based on said combining signal, wherein each of said plurality of said low pass filters has a weighing coefficient wherein the sum of the weighing coefficients for said plurality of said low pass filters equals one.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
167 words
An image processing method for compensating for gradation of image data comprising: domain judging process to output the result of judgment by judging a domain to which said image data belongs; coefficient calculating process to output the compensation coefficient for compensating for the pixel value of said image data on the basis of said result of judgment; and compensating process to compensate for the pixel value of said image data corresponding to said compensation coefficient, wherein said domain judging process includes a low frequency element extracting process to extract a plurality of low frequency elements of said image data in different frequency bands and a signal combining process to generate a combining signal based on a plurality of said low frequency elements, and said coefficient calculating process generates said compensation coefficient based on said combining signal, wherein each of said plurality of said low pass filters has a weighing coefficient wherein the sum of the weighing coefficients for said plurality of said low pass filters equals one.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
An image processing method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said signal combining process generates said combining signal with a weighted mean of a plurality of said low frequency elements.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
An image processing method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said signal combining process generates said combining signal with weighted addition of a plurality of said low frequency elements.
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