Patent ID: 7477786
Filing Date: 2009-01-13
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A learning device for learning correction information for determining the correction amount for correcting second data obtained by converting first data into said second data, which has a quality higher than that of said first data, said learning device comprising: learning-pair data generation means for generating learning-pair data, which is a combination of teacher data corresponding to said second data, which serves as a teacher for learning, and student data corresponding to said first data, which serves as a student for learning; clustering means for clustering said student data into one of a plurality of classes; first relationship computation means for determining a first relationship between said student data and first representative data with regard to said first data, the first representative data representing the class of the student data; second relationship computation means for determining a second relationship between teacher data corresponding to said student data and second representative data with regard to said second data, the second representative data representing the class of the student data; and learning means for learning said correction information in which said first and second relationships correspond to each other.