# US 2019/0174181 A1 · Video signal processing apparatus, video signal processing method, and program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174181 A1 - Document ID: US20190174181A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/313,531 - Filed: 2017-06-29 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-06-30 - Assignees: I-Cubed Research Center Inc. - Applicants: I-Cubed Research Center Inc. - Inventors: Tetsujiro KONDO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174181A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/4402: involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display {(details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764)} - G09G 5/00: Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general G06T) - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - H04N 5/14: Picture signal circuitry for video frequency region (cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors, or control thereof H04N23/00) - H04N 7/01: Conversion of standards {, e.g. involving analogue television standards or digital television standards processed at pixel level} - H04N 7/0117: {involving conversion of the spatial resolution of the incoming video signal (for graphics images G09G2340/0407)} - H04N 21/00: Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] (real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 {; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18}) - H04N 23/45: for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images - H04N 23/60: Control of cameras or camera modules - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract In order to address a conventional problem that video signal processing in consideration of system features has not been performed, a video signal processing apparatus includes: a system feature accepting unit that accepts one or at least two system features from when an image is acquired to when an image is output; an input image accepting unit that accepts an input image; a conversion processing unit that performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the system features; and an output unit that outputs the output image acquired by the conversion processing unit. Accordingly, it is possible to perform video signal processing in consideration of system features. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A video signal processing apparatus comprising: a system feature accepting unit that accepts one or at least two system features from when an image is acquired to when an image is output; an input image accepting unit that accepts an input image; a conversion processing unit that performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the system features; and an output unit that outputs the output image acquired by the conversion processing unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system features include a camera feature, which is a feature of a camera that captures an image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system features include a transmission line feature, which is a feature of a transmission line through which an image is transmitted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system features include an output device feature, which is a specific feature of an output apparatus that outputs an image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the system feature accepting unit accepts one or at least two system features from the outside. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit in which two or more look-up tables having one or more correspondence records for identifying correspondence between an input image and an output image are stored each in association with one or at least two system features, wherein the conversion processing unit selects a look-up table corresponding to the one or more system features accepted by the system feature accepting unit, from among the two or more look-up tables, and performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the selected look-up table. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit in which an image conversion operation expression, which is an operation expression for performing image conversion, is stored, and in which one or at least two pieces of change information, which is information for changing a parameter of an image conversion operation expression, is stored in association with one or at least two system features, wherein the conversion processing unit acquires change information corresponding to the one or more system features accepted by the system feature accepting unit, changes the image conversion operation expression, using the change information, and performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the changed image conversion operation expression. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The video signal processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit in which one or at least two pieces of change information for changing a spatio-temporal tap arrangement are stored in association with one or at least two system features, wherein the conversion processing unit acquires change information corresponding to the one or more system features accepted by the system feature accepting unit, and performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the change information. ### Claim 9 A video signal processing method realized by a system feature accepting unit, an input image accepting unit, a conversion processing unit, and an output unit, comprising a system feature accepting step of the system feature accepting unit accepting one or at least two system features from when an image is acquired to when an image is output; an input image accepting step of the input image accepting unit accepting an input image; a conversion processing step of the conversion processing unit performing conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the system features; and an output step of the output unit outputting the output image acquired in the conversion processing step. ### Claim 10 A program for causing a computer to function as: a system feature accepting unit that accepts one or at least two system features from when an image is acquired to when an image is output; an input image accepting unit that accepts an input image; a conversion processing unit that performs conversion processing that acquires an output image from the input image, using the system features; and an output unit that outputs the output image acquired by the conversion processing unit.