Signal processing device, method, and program

Patent 7595800 Issued on September 29, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 2, 2027. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

SONY Corporation

Application

No. 11670754 filed on 02/02/2007

US Classes:

345/426Lighting/shading

Examiners

Primary: Kim, Charles
Assistant: Koziol, Stephen R

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

Foreign Patent References

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International Class

G06T 15/50

Abstract

A data processing apparatus and method, where the apparatus includes a region selecting unit configured to select a region corresponding to a pixel of interest, a frequency detector configured to detect a frequency corresponding to pixels belonging to the region, a continuity detector configured to detect data continuity of the image data, and a real world estimating unit configured to estimate the light signals by estimating the continuity of the real world light signals which have been lost.