IP Library Granted Patent US 8,373,700
Granted Patent B2
US 8,373,700 · App. 12/369,585 · Granted Feb 12, 2013

Image processing apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,373,700
App. No.
12/369,585
Granted
Feb 12, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a level storage module, a video determination module, and a resolution increasing module. The level storage module stores a super-resolution level in association with a video mode. The super-resolution level indicates intensity of super resolution conversion, in which from a first video signal having first resolution, a second video signal is obtained that has second resolution higher than the first resolution and that is to be displayed in the video mode. The video determination module identifies a video mode and determines a super-resolution level based on the video mode identified. The resolution increasing module performs the super resolution conversion on the first video signal at the super-resolution level determined by the video determination module.

Claims (23)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a level storage module configured to store, upon receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, an image-quality processing level indicating a ratio of high-frequency component pixels to be interpolated to pixels in a resolution-increasing processing in which a pixel is inserted between pixels of the first video signal to generate a second video signal with second resolution higher than the first resolution of the first video signal in association with a video mode,

a video mode specifying module configured to specify the video mode when operated by a user, and

a video determination module configured to determine an image-quality processing level based on the specified video mode; and

a processor configured to perform an image-quality processing on the first video signal at the image-quality processing level determined by the video determination module, wherein

when the video mode is intended to provide a brighter view than provided in a predetermined video mode, the level storage module associates the video mode with the image-quality processing level such that the ratio of the high-frequency component pixels is higher than in the predetermined video mode.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a display device configured to display the second video signal.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the resolution-increasing processing includes a super-resolution processing.

4. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a level storage module configured to store, upon receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, an image-quality processing level indicating a ratio of high-frequency component pixels to be interpolated to pixels in a resolution-increasing processing in which a pixel is inserted between pixels of the first video signal to generate a second video signal with second resolution higher than the first resolution of the first video signal in association with a video mode;

a video mode specifying module configured to specify the video mode when operated by a user;

a video determination module configured to determine an image-quality processing level based on the specified video mode; and

a processor configured to perform an image-quality processing on the first video signal at the image-quality processing level determined by the video determination module, wherein

when the video mode is intended to provide a darker view than provided in a predetermined video mode, the level storage module associates the video mode with the image-quality processing level such that the ratio of the high-frequency component pixels is lower than in the predetermined video mode.

5. The image processing apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a display device configured to display the second video signal.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the resolution-increasing processing includes a super-resolution processing.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a level storage module configured to store, upon receipt of a first video signal with first resolution, an image-quality processing level indicating a ratio of high-frequency component pixels to be interpolated to pixels in a resolution-increasing processing in which a pixel is inserted between pixels of the first video signal to generate a second video signal with second resolution higher than the first resolution of the first video signal in association with a video mode;

a video mode specifying module configured to specify the video mode when operated by a user;

a video determination module configured to determine an image-quality processing level based on the specified video mode; and

a processor configured to perform an image-quality processing on the first video signal at the image-quality processing level determined by the video determination module, wherein

the video mode being one of a plurality of video modes including a first video mode associated with a first image-quality processing level and a second video mode associated with a second image-quality processing level having a ratio of the high-frequency component pixels that is lower than a ratio of the high-frequency component pixels for the first image-quality processing level.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the resolution-increasing processing includes a super-resolution processing.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2020
From: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
To: HISENSE VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051493/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046881/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL RIGHTS Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040458/0840 →
CORPORATE SPLIT Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PRODUCTS & SERVICES CORPORATION
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040458/0859 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2009
From: TERADA, MUNEHIRO; NAGAI, KENICHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 022245/0306 →