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US 8,798,398 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus
AssigneeMegaChips Corporation
InventorsHiromu Hasegawa, Munehiro Mori
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Abstract
From an image pickup element, pixel signals of Bayer array are outputted. A correlation calculation part calculates correlation values with respect to a specified pixel in vertical and horizontal directions. A first interpolation part performs a pixel interpolation process while evaluating the correlation highly. A second interpolation part performs a pixel interpolation process while evaluating the correlation relatively low. A complete signal of RGB outputted from the first interpolation part is converted into a luminance signal in a first color space conversion part, and a complete signal of RGB outputted from the second interpolation part is converted into a color difference signal in a second color space conversion part.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an input part configured to input a pixel signal for each pixel, which includes a signal for one or more color components in a first color space;
- a correlation calculation part configured to calculate a first correlation value in a first direction of a specified pixel and a second correlation value in a second direction of the specified pixel by using pixel signals in a predetermined area around said specified pixel;
- a first pixel interpolation part configured to determine a first pixel interpolation process for the specified pixel based on a first evaluation function of the first correlation value and the second correlation value, and perform the determined first pixel interpolation process on the specified pixel;
- a second pixel interpolation part configured to determine a second pixel interpolation process for the specified pixel based on a second evaluation function of the first correlation value and the second correlation value, the second evaluation function being different from the first evaluation function and perform the determined second pixel interpolation process on the specified pixel;
- a first color space conversion part configured to generate one or more color component signals in a second color space from a pixel signal generated by said first pixel interpolation part;
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- a second color space conversion part configured to generate the other color component signals in said second color space from a pixel signal generated by said second pixel interpolation part,
- wherein the first pixel interpolation part is configured to perform said first pixel interpolation process, which evaluates the correlation values highly as compared with said second pixel interpolation process.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an input part configured to input a pixel signal for each pixel, which includes a signal for one or more color components in a first color space;
- a correlation calculation part configured to calculate a first correlation value in a first direction of a specified pixel and a second correlation value in a second direction of the specified pixel by using pixel signals in a predetermined area around said specified pixel;
- a first pixel interpolation part configured to determine a first pixel interpolation process for the specified pixel based on a first evaluation function of the first correlation value and the second correlation value, and perform the determined first pixel interpolation process on the specified pixel;
- a second pixel interpolation part configured to determine a second pixel interpolation process for the specified pixel based on a second evaluation function of the first correlation value and the second correlation value, the second evaluation function being different from the first evaluation function, and perform the determined second pixel interpolation process on the specified pixel;
- a first color space conversion part configured to generate a first pixel signal for a second color space from a pixel signal generated by said first pixel interpolation part;
- a second color space conversion part configured to generate a second pixel signal for said second color space from a pixel signal generated by said second pixel interpolation part;
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- a weighting output part configured to perform weighting addition of the first pixel signal for said second color space that is generated by said first color space conversion part and the second pixel signal for said second color space that is generated by said second color space conversion part, to output a pixel signal for said second color space,
- wherein the first pixel interpolation part is configured to perform said first pixel interpolation process, which evaluates the correlation values highly as compared with said second pixel interpolation process.
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