Image filter device, decoding apparatus, encoding apparatus, and data structure

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PATENT NO 8995776
APP PUB NO 20130136371A1
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13704169

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An adaptive filter includes: an edge direction detection section which discriminates directionality of an input image in each of a plurality of unit regions constituting the input image; a region classification section which classifies the each of the plurality of unit regions into one of a plurality of unit region groups in accordance with to which of a plurality of predetermined groups the directionality of the input image in the each of the plurality of unit regions belongs, the directionality having been discriminated by the edge direction detection section; and a filter process section which calculates a pixel value of the each pixel of an output image by use of a filter coefficient group optimized for a unit region group to which a unit region including the each pixel belongs.

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SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHASAKAI-SHI OSAKA 590-8522

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Ikai, Tomohiro Osaka, JP 306 2977
Yamamoto, Tomoyuki Osaka, JP 224 2099
Yamazaki, Takanori Osaka, JP 69 513

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