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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, recording medium, and program

US7411617B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 18, 2003
Grant dateAug 12, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N7/01
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In image-data recording processing performed when a video output conforms to the PAL system, a display-signal processing section receives image data having a frame rate of 30 Hz recorded in a memory, through a bus, converts the image data to image data having an NTSC frame rate of 29.97 Hz by a frame-rate conversion method in which thinning out is performed according to the ratio of frame rates, and outputs it to a display section and a codec-IC interface. The display-signal processing section also converts to image data having a PAL frame rate of 25 Hz, and outputs it to a video-output interface. In other words, image data is processed at a frame rate not related to the output, and then converted to image data having a frame rate suited for the output, and output. This invention can be used in digital cameras.

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