Patent ID: 7627192

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a component extracting system that extracts a luminance component and chrominance components from image data consisting of a plurality of image pixels arrange in a matrix; a first filter that is applied to the extracted luminance component and not the chrominance components to generate first data; an edge detecting system that detects an edge in the first data; a second filter that is applied to the extracted luminance component and not the chrominance components to generate second data; a third filter that is applied to the extracted luminance component and not the chrominance components to generate third data; an outputting system that outputs the second data and the third data; a selection controlling system that controls, in response to the result of edge detection, the outputting system to selectively output one of the second data and the third data; and a conversion system that converts the extracted chrominance components and the one of the second data and the third data selectively output by the outputting system into RGB components.