摘要:
An image pickup apparatus includes a characteristic value calculation circuit 16 for extracting a characteristic value used for predicting an amount of codes to be generated at a time of compressing a video signal acquired by a solid state image pickup device from the video signal, and a compression coefficient control circuit 17 for controlling a compression coefficient which is used by an image compression unit 18 based on the characteristic value acquired by the characteristic value calculation circuit 16. The compression coefficient control circuit uses the characteristic value acquired by the characteristic value calculation circuit 16 at a time of allowing users to check an image to be picked-up before picking up an image, and determines the compression coefficient at a time of picking up an image.
摘要:
By combining a plurality of encoding methods actively, an encoding efficiency is enhanced. The first encoder encodes a result of determination whether a prediction error is zero or not. The second encoder encodes the prediction error unless the prediction error is zero. The third encoder encodes the prediction error regardless of whether the prediction error is zero or not. The mode determinator determines the encoding mode, and the encoding controller selectively operates the first encoder, the second encoder, and the third encoder according to the encoding mode determined.
摘要:
In an electronic still camera, a compression coefficient estimating unit performs preencoding using only an LA component of FBTC compressed data read from an image memory, and estimates an optimal compression ratio based on the result of preencoding. Thereafter, JPEG encoder performs JPEG compression on the image data applied from FBTC decoder with the estimated compression coefficient, and transfers the result to a recording apparatus. As compared with the prior art in which image data is directly preencoded, the time for preencoding can be significantly reduced and image memory requires smaller capacity.
摘要:
A line buffer device temporarily stores a predetermined area of original image data which are divided into small blocks, each having a small area, so as to encode the image data for each block into data having a fixed length by a compression processor. The line buffer device is composed of a first-stage line buffer group and a second-stage line buffer group. The number of line buffers in the first-stage line buffer group is smaller by one than the number of lines constituting one block and the number of line buffers in the second-stage line buffer group is the same as the number of lines constituting one block. Encoding processing time is shortened and the circuit structure is simplified.
摘要:
In an image processor using image data compression coding of a fixed compression rate, the data of one color of image data is stored in a coding memory without coding, if compression coding is not necessary. If the compression coding is necessary, the data is coded by an encoder by compression coding with a compression rate of 4, and the coded data of four colors, i.e. cyan, magenta, yellow and black, are stored in the coding memory. Since the image data is compressed by a fixed compression rate, it is possible to estimate the quantity of data after compression. As a result, the coding memory can be used effectively, without using a fixed disc unit.
摘要:
An NR coefficient (Kf) is calculated on the basis of a representative value (Pm) of a pixel of interest and a low-pass filtered value (La-Ld) nearest to the representative value (Pm) of the pixel of interest among a plurality of low-pass filtered values filtered one-dimensionally in different directions in an input image, and the pixel value of the pixel of interest and a value output by a two-dimensional low-pass filter (25) are weighted by the NR coefficient (Kf) and added (36). The representative value of the pixel of interest may be, for example, a median value obtained by filtering the current frame and a past frame in the time axis direction. The image processing device reduces noise without lowering resolution.
摘要:
For each pixel in an image (Din), a contrast correlation value (CT) is detected for peripheral areas centered around the pixel to be corrected (1), a contrast enhancement coefficient (Ken) is determined in accordance with the contrast correlation value (CT) (2), and in accordance with the enhancement coefficient (Ken), local contrast is enhanced for each pixel and an intermediate image (D3) is generated (3). When performing noise reduction (5) by smoothing the intermediate image (D3) in the time direction, the degree of noise reduction is controlled in accordance with a noise reduction coefficient (Knr) that is large where the enhancement coefficient (Ken) is large. With respect to a low-contrast image such as one captured under fog, haze or other poor weather conditions, the contrast in areas having reduced contrast is appropriately improved, and the noise that is enhanced in conjunction with contrast improvement is reduced, enabling a high quality image to be obtained.
摘要:
A pattern matching processing unit 10 binarizes input image data 1, compares a binarized pattern with a pattern provided for each of groups, and outputs either first information indicating a group to which a pattern that matches the binarized pattern belongs or second information indicating no match. A 0-degree direction dedicated filter 21, a 45-degree direction dedicated filter 22, a 90-degree direction dedicated filter 23, and a 135-degree direction dedicated filter 24 which are disposed correspondingly to the groups carry out smoothing processes according to the direction of an edge of the image, respectively. When the pattern matching processing unit outputs the first information, a selector 30 selects the output of either one of the filters corresponding to the group as output image data 2, whereas when the pattern matching processing unit outputs the second information, the selector outputs the input image data 1 as the output image data 2.
摘要:
A color correction apparatus is provided including a color correction means 1 for making a color correction to an input image signal 101, and a color gamut compression means 2 for performing color gamut compression on the color-corrected input image signal based on color reproduction characteristics data 103 describing color reproduction characteristics so that the color-corrected image data outputted from the color correction means 1 has a chromaticity range which is contained in a color reproduction region which is based on the color reproduction characteristics.
摘要:
An image pickup apparatus includes a characteristic value calculation circuit 16 for extracting a characteristic value used for predicting an amount of codes to be generated at a time of compressing a video signal acquired by a solid state image pickup device from the video signal, and a compression coefficient control circuit 17 for controlling a compression coefficient which is used by an image compression unit 18 based on the characteristic value acquired by the characteristic value calculation circuit 16. The compression coefficient control circuit uses the characteristic value acquired by the characteristic value calculation circuit 16 at a time of allowing users to check an image to be picked-up before picking up an image, and determines the compression coefficient at a time of picking up an image.