Patent ID: 7903126
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first scaler configured to convert number of pixels of an input image signal to a first pixel number to scale up the image signal according to control information set based on characteristic information indicating characteristics of the image signal to control conversion of the number of pixels of the image signal; a second scaler configured to convert the number of pixels of the image signal scaled up by the first scaler to a second pixel number larger than the first pixel number to further scale up the image signal; a generator configured to perform super resolution conversion in which an original pixel value is estimated from the image signal scaled up by the first scaler to increase pixels so as to generate an image signal with a resolution higher than resolution of the image signal scaled up by the first scaler; a weight assigner configured to assign weight to the image signal generated by the generator according to either the characteristic information or the control information; and a blender configured to blend the image signal generated by the generator with the image signal scaled up by the second scaler in accordance with the weight assigned to the image signal generated by the generator.