Alias avoidance in image processing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8743281
APP PUB NO 20100045862A1
SERIAL NO

12513869

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An image processing apparatus generating output pixel values with respect to pixels of an input image selected in accordance with an image feature direction in the input image and including a comparing mechanism comparing blocks of pixels of the input image, the blocks disposed with respect to a pixel position under test so that a correlation between the blocks would indicate an image feature direction applicable to that pixel position; and a validating mechanism detecting whether an image feature direction may be used to interpolate an output pixel value at the pixel position under test. The validating mechanism: (i) detects whether a detected image feature direction for the pixel position under test meets one or more predetermined directional criteria; and (ii) detects whether pixel values in image regions disposed with respect to the pixel position under test in accordance with possible image feature directions meet one or more predetermined pixel value criteria.

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SONY EUROPE B VTHE HEIGHTS BROOKLAND WEYBRIDGE SURREY KT13 OXW

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Burns, James Edward Basingstoke, GB 18 322
Saunders, Nicholas Ian Basingstoke, GB 69 871
Sharman, Karl James Eastleigh, GB 93 732

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