Patent ID: 7372997
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A data conversion device for converting first data into second data having a quality higher than that of said first data, said data conversion device comprising: class tap extraction means for extracting, from said first data, a class tap used to cluster said first data; clustering means for clustering, on the basis of said class tap, the class tap into one of a plurality of classes; generation means for generating said second data on the basis of the class of said class tap; correction amount calculation means for detecting the features of said class tap on the basis of said class tap and the class thereof and for determining, based on to features, the correction amount for correcting said second data generated by said generation means; and correction means for correcting said second data generated by said generation means by using said correction amount determined by said correction amount calculation means.