Patent ID: 9020273
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. An image processing method of generating, using an input image, an output image having a resolution higher than a resolution of the input image, the method comprising: identifying an edge direction that is a direction along an edge included in the input image; determining a shape of an application region according to the identified edge direction, the application region being a region including at least a part of the edge; searching for an image similar to an image within the application region having the determined shape; and generating the output image by performing a resolution conversion process on the input image using the similar image so that the input image includes high-frequency components, wherein in the determining of the shape, a shape having a second width and a first width longer than the second width is determined as the shape of the application region, the second width being a width of the application region in the identified edge direction and the first width being a width of the application region in a direction vertical to the edge direction.