Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program, and image display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9514515-B2
Application number	US-201414770621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

Provided is an image processing device capable of performing appropriate noise removal or reduction on input images of various resolution. The image processing device includes a contour direction estimating unit ( 21 ) that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each pixel, a low pass filter unit ( 20 a ) that smoothes the signal value of the pixel based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating unit for each pixel, and a parameter deciding unit ( 20 b ) that decides intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter unit according to an enlargement factor obtained based on a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image processing device, comprising:
a plurality of input terminals to which an input image signal is input;
contour direction estimating circuitry that estimates a contour direction in which a signal value is a constant value for each of a plurality of pixels;
a low pass filter that smoothes the signal value of a pixel of the plurality of pixels based on the signal value of each reference pixel serving as a pixel of a reference region according to the pixel and arranged in the contour direction of the pixel estimated by the contour direction estimating circuitry for each of the plurality of pixels; and
parameter deciding circuitry that decides an intensity of smoothing by the low pass filter, wherein
the parameter deciding circuitry decides the intensity of smoothing based on a type of the input terminal when a resolution of the input image signal is determined to be unique based on the type of the input terminal to which the input image signal is input among the plurality of input terminals, and
the parameter deciding circuitry decides the intensity of smoothing based on a resolution ratio that is a ratio of resolution of an input image signal and resolution of an output image signal when the resolution of the input image signal is not determined to be unique based on the input terminal to which the input image signal is input among the plurality of input terminals.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
scaling circuitry that performs interpolation of the input image signal based on the resolution ratio, and outputs the resolution ratio to the parameter deciding circuitry.

3. The image processing device according claim 1 , further comprising:
high frequency expanding circuitry that generates a high frequency component of the signal value of the pixel for each of the plurality of pixels, and expands a frequency band for the signal value of the pixel, wherein
the parameter deciding circuitry decides intensity of processing by the high frequency expanding circuitry based on the type of the input terminal when the resolution of the input image signal is determined to be unique based on the type of the input terminal to which the input image signal is input among the plurality of input terminals, and
the parameter deciding circuitry decides the intensity of processing by the high frequency expanding circuit based on the resolution ratio when the resolution of the input image signal is not determined to be unique based on the input terminal to which the input image signal is input among the plurality of input terminals.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Mine Takashi
• Murahashi Yoshimitsu

Classifications

• H04N1/4092

  Edge or detail enhancement · CPC title

• G06T7/0085

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N5/21

  Circuitry for suppressing or minimising disturbance, e.g. moiré or halo · CPC title

• H04N5/142

  Edging; Contouring · CPC title

• G06T2207/20182

  Noise reduction or smoothing in the temporal domain; Spatio-temporal filtering · CPC title