Edge enhancement method and apparatus in digital image scalar-up circuit
AssigneeSunplus Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsKun-Wei Lin, Thomas Chen
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Abstract
An edge enhancement method and an edge enhancement apparatus in digital image scalar-up circuit are provided. A band-pass filtering process is performed to an input image pixel in multiple directions to generate multiple sum-of-border values which are summed up to generate an overall sum-of-border value. A first gain and a second gain are provided according to the overall sum-of-border value. A high-pass filtering process and a low-pass filtering process are performed to the input image pixel to obtain border and plain components which are multiplied by the first gain and second gain, respectively. The gained border component and plain component are summed and added to the original pixel to obtain a new pixel.
Claims10
An edge enhancement apparatus in digital image scalar-up circuit, comprising:
- a buffer for temporarily storing input image pixels to be processed;
- a profile detecting unit including:
- a directional filter for performing a band-pass filtering to the input image pixel in multiple directions to obtain multiple sum-of-border values for the input image pixel in the directions;
- an adder for summing up the sum-of-border values to obtain an overall sum-of-border value;
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- a selector for selecting a first gain and a second gain according to the value of the overall sum-of-border value;
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- an outline analytic processing unit including:
- a high-pass filter and a low-pass filter for filtering the input image pixel to obtain border component and plain component of the input image pixel, respectively;
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- a first gain device and a second gain device for multiplying the border component and the plain component by the first gain and the second gain, respectively, which are summed and added to the original pixel for obtaining a new pixel.
An edge enhancement method in digital image scalar-up circuit, comprising the steps of:
- (A) performing a band-pass filtering process to an input image pixel in multiple directions to generate sum-of-border values in the directions;
- (B) summing up the sum-of-border values to generate an overall sum-of-border value;
- (C) providing a first gain and second gain according to the overall sum-of-border value;
- (D) performing a high-pass filtering process and a low-pass filtering process to the input image pixel to obtain border component and plain component of the input image pixel, respectively;
- (E) multiplying the border component and the plain component by the first gain and second gain, respectively;
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- (F) summing the gained border component and plain component and adding the same to the original pixel to obtain a new pixel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.