Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image edge enhancement apparatus and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 图像边缘增强装置及其方法
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Application No.: US11450454Application Date: 2006-06-12
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Publication No.: US07657115B2Publication Date: 2010-02-02
- Inventor: Te-Yi Chen
- Applicant: Te-Yi Chen
- Applicant Address: TW Tao Yuan Shien
- Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Current Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: TW Tao Yuan Shien
- Agency: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
- Priority: TW94132726A 20050921
- Main IPC: G06K9/40
- IPC: G06K9/40

Abstract:
An image edge enhancement apparatus and a method thereof used for adjusting the brightness of a pixel are provided. The image edge enhancement apparatus comprises a first edge judgment circuit, a second edge judgment circuit and a process circuit. The first edge judgment circuit retrieves the edge data of the pixel in a first direction to output a first edge value. The second edge judgment circuit retrieves the edge data of the pixel in a second direction to output a second edge value. The process circuit determines an operation mode according to the brightness of a plurality of adjacent pixels around the pixel, the first edge value and the second edge value to output an adjusted brightness of the pixel according to operation mode. The adjusting method effectively avoids the noise in an image being amplified, and avoids the same edge being repetitively enhanced by different edge judgment circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070065036A1 Image edge enhancement apparatus and method thereof Public/Granted day:2007-03-22
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