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Granted Patent B2
US 12,223,619 · App. 17/888,366 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and display apparatus based on the same

Inventor: Seong Gyun Kim (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G06T3/4076G06T3/4007G06T3/4046G06T5/50G06T5/70G06T2207/20081G06T2207/20084G06T2207/20224
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Patent No.
US 12,223,619
App. No.
17/888,366
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an image processing apparatus, and image processing method, and a display apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a first image processor up-sampling an original low-resolution image on the basis of deep learning-based learning data to generate a first high-resolution image, a second image processor interpolating the original low-resolution image to generate a second high-resolution image, a third image processor generating a difference image between the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image, extracting a high frequency component from the difference image, and amplifying the extracted high frequency component, and a fourth image processor adding the amplified high frequency component to the first high-resolution image to generate a target high-resolution image.

Claims (44)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a first image processor configured to up-sample an original low-resolution image on the basis of deep learning-based learning data to generate a first high-resolution image;

a second image processor configured to interpolate the original low-resolution image to generate a second high-resolution image;

a third image processor configured to generate a difference image between the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image, extract a high frequency component from the difference image, and amplify the extracted high frequency component; and

a fourth image processor configured to add the amplified high frequency component to the first high-resolution image to generate a target high-resolution image.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the third image processor multiplies the extracted high frequency component by a predetermined gain value to generate the amplified high frequency component.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the learning data comprises an image pair including a learning low-resolution image and a learning high-resolution image.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the third image processor further comprises a coring circuit removing noise concentrating near a threshold value of the extracted high frequency component on the basis of a predetermined coring algorithm before the extracted high frequency component is amplified.

5. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a first image processor configured to generate a denoising low-resolution image where noise is removed from an original low-resolution image;

a second image processor configured to up-sample the denoising low-resolution image on the basis of deep learning-based learning data to generate a first high-resolution image;

a third image processor configured to up-sample the original low-resolution image on the basis of the learning data to generate a second high-resolution image;

a fourth image processor configured to weighted-average the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image to generate a third high-resolution image;

a fifth image processor configured to interpolate the denoising low-resolution image to generate a fourth high-resolution image;

a sixth image processor configured to generate a difference image between the first high-resolution image and the fourth high-resolution image, extract a high frequency component from the difference image, and amplify the extracted high frequency component; and

a seventh image processor configured to add the amplified high frequency component to the third high-resolution image to generate a target high-resolution image.

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the fourth image processor multiplies the first high-resolution image by a first weight to calculate a first weighting result, multiplies the second high-resolution image by a second weight to calculate a second weighting result, and averages the first weighting result and the second weighting result to generate the third high-resolution image, and

a sum of the first weight and the second weight is 1.

7. The image processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the sixth image processor multiplies the extracted high frequency component by a predetermined gain value to generate the amplified high frequency component.

8. The image processing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the sixth image processor further comprises a coring circuit removing noise concentrating near a threshold value of the extracted high frequency component on the basis of a predetermined coring algorithm before the extracted high frequency component is amplified.

9. An image processing method comprising:

up-sampling an original low-resolution image on the basis of deep learning-based learning data to generate a first high-resolution image;

interpolating the original low-resolution image to generate a second high-resolution image;

generating a difference image between the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image, extracting a high frequency component from the difference image, and amplifying the extracted high frequency component; and

adding the amplified high frequency component to the first high-resolution image to generate a target high-resolution image.

10. The image processing method of claim 9 , wherein the amplifying the extracted high frequency component comprises multiplying the extracted high frequency component by a predetermined gain value.

11. The image processing method of claim 9 , further comprising removing noise concentrating near a threshold value of the extracted high frequency component on the basis of a predetermined coring algorithm before the extracted high frequency component is amplified.

12. An image processing method comprising:

generating a denoising low-resolution image where noise is removed from an original low-resolution image;

up-sampling the denoising low-resolution image on the basis of deep learning-based learning data to generate a first high-resolution image;

up-sampling the original low-resolution image on the basis of the learning data to generate a second high-resolution image;

weighted-averaging the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image to generate a third high-resolution image;

interpolating the denoising low-resolution image to generate a fourth high-resolution image;

generating a difference image between the first high-resolution image and the fourth high-resolution image, extracting a high frequency component from the difference image, and amplifying the extracted high frequency component; and

adding the amplified high frequency component to the third high-resolution image to generate a target high-resolution image.

13. The image processing method of claim 12 , wherein the weighted-averaging the first high-resolution image and the second high-resolution image comprises:

multiplying the first high-resolution image by a first weight to calculate a first weighting result;

multiplying the second high-resolution image by a second weight to calculate a second weighting result; and

averaging the first weighting result and the second weighting result to generate the third high-resolution image, and

a sum of the first weight and the second weight is 1.

14. The image processing method of claim 12 , wherein the amplifying the extracted high frequency component comprises multiplying the extracted high frequency component by a predetermined gain value.

15. The image processing method of claim 12 , further comprising removing noise concentrating near a threshold value of the extracted high frequency component on the basis of a predetermined coring algorithm before the extracted high frequency component is amplified.

16. A display apparatus comprising the image processing apparatus of claim 1 .

17. A display apparatus comprising the image processing apparatus of claim 5 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2022
From: KIM, SEONG GYUN
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060820/0660 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0175018 · Dec 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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