Image enlargement method and apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9652825
APP PUB NO 20150187048A1
SERIAL NO

14503948

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The present application discloses an image enlargement method and apparatus. The method includes: inputting a low-resolution image, where the low-resolution image includes at least one matching areas; searching one of the matching areas for an optimal contour template, where the optimal contour template is a contour template with a minimum total variation value in the matching area and the contour template set; finding a second pixel point according to a zoom ratio and a first pixel point in the matching area; performing local interpolation for the second pixel point according to the optimal contour template, so as to obtain an intermediate pixel value; repeating the foregoing steps until processing for all the matching areas is complete, and obtaining an initial high-resolution image according to all of the intermediate pixel values; and performing global interpolation for the initial high-resolution image to obtain a high-resolution image.

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  • HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Li, Xin Hangzhou, CN 839 6363
Xiao, Jinsheng Wuhan, CN 4 24
Yang, Xiaowei Hangzhou, CN 27 287

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