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Signal processing device and control program for sharpening images

US8891898B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 8, 2010
Grant dateNov 18, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20201
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A signal processing device subjects a signal indicating a moving image constituted by frames to a sharpening process for the moving image, to output a signal indicating the sharpened moving image, and includes: a motion detection section for detecting motion between the frames for each block region including one or a plurality of adjacent pixels constituting each frame; a sharpening process section for subjecting a signal indicating an image of a block region from which motion has been detected to a nonlinear process by a nonlinear process section and sharpening the signal to generate a harmonic; and a signal output section for outputting, for the block region from which motion was detected, the harmonic produced by sharpening a signal indicating a moving image of the block region, while outputting, for a block region from which motion was not detected, a signal indicating a moving image of the block region.

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