JPH0620252B2 - Image quality compensation device - Google Patents

Image quality compensation device

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JPH0620252B2
JPH0620252B2 JP59148541A JP14854184A JPH0620252B2 JP H0620252 B2 JPH0620252 B2 JP H0620252B2 JP 59148541 A JP59148541 A JP 59148541A JP 14854184 A JP14854184 A JP 14854184A JP H0620252 B2 JPH0620252 B2 JP H0620252B2
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晴夫 坂田
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【発明の詳細な説明】 (技術分野) 本発明は、テレビジョン画像信号の画質を改善する画質
補償装置に関し、特に、視覚の特性に関する新たな知見
に基づいて、例えば輝度信号の特性を補償するようにし
たものである。
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an image quality compensating apparatus for improving the image quality of a television image signal, and in particular, for example, compensates the characteristic of a luminance signal based on a new knowledge regarding the characteristic of vision. It was done like this.

(従来技術) 従来、テレビジョン画像の画質改善には、撮像系や再生
表示系の空間周波数特性の劣化、さらには、視聴者の心
理的効果を考慮して、アパーチャ補償回路や輪郭補償回
路が用いられて来た。
(Prior Art) Conventionally, in order to improve the image quality of a television image, an aperture compensation circuit or a contour compensation circuit has been taken into consideration in consideration of the deterioration of the spatial frequency characteristics of the image pickup system and the reproduction display system, and the psychological effect of the viewer. It has been used.

(問題点) したがって、従来のこの種画質補償装置は、線形補償を
行なうものであるがために、画像の鮮鋭度をさらに増大
させようとすると、画像の輪郭部の一部にぎらつきが生
じて不自然な画像となる場合があり、結局、総合的には
充分な画質の改善をなし得ないことになる、という欠点
があった。
(Problem) Therefore, since the conventional image quality compensating apparatus of this kind performs linear compensation, when an attempt is made to further increase the sharpness of the image, a glare occurs in a part of the contour portion of the image. There is a drawback in that an unnatural image may be produced, and as a result, the image quality cannot be improved sufficiently as a whole.

(目 的) 本発明の目的は、上述した従来の欠点を除去し、視聴者
の心理的効果も考慮して視覚の特性に合った総合的な画
質改善効果が得られる画質補償装置を提供することにあ
る。
(Objective) An object of the present invention is to provide an image quality compensating device that eliminates the above-mentioned conventional drawbacks and can obtain a comprehensive image quality improving effect that matches the visual characteristics in consideration of the psychological effect of the viewer. Especially.

(発明の構成) 本発明は、視覚の空間周波数特性について本発明者らが
得た新たな知見に基づいてなしたものであり、本発明画
質補償装置は、入力画像信号の少なくとも一次元の空間
周波数領域における高域信号成分を抽出する高域抽出回
路と、前記高域信号成分から負極性振幅成分を検波する
検波手段と、前記高域信号成分と前記検波手段からの負
極性振幅成分とを加算することによって負極性振幅のみ
が正極性振幅よりも強調された画質補償信号を形成する
補償信号形成回路と、前記画質補償信号を前記入力画像
信号に加算して画質補償出力画像信号を形成する加算回
路とを備えたことを特徴とする。
(Structure of the Invention) The present invention is based on the new knowledge obtained by the present inventors regarding the spatial frequency characteristics of vision, and the image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention is characterized by at least a one-dimensional space of an input image signal. A high-frequency extraction circuit for extracting a high-frequency signal component in the frequency domain, a detection means for detecting a negative-polarity amplitude component from the high-frequency signal component, a high-frequency signal component and a negative-polarity amplitude component from the detection means. A compensation signal forming circuit that forms an image quality compensation signal in which only the negative polarity amplitude is emphasized more than the positive polarity amplitude by adding, and the image quality compensation signal is added to the input image signal to form an image quality compensation output image signal. And an adder circuit.

(実施例) 以下に図面を参照して実施例につき本発明を詳細に説明
する。それに先立ち、視覚の空間周波数特性についてそ
の概要を説明する。
(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Prior to that, an outline of the visual spatial frequency characteristics will be described.

まず、明るい画像と暗い画像とに対する視覚の空間周波
数特性について、本発明者らが得た新たな知見について
述べると、画像のコントラストが小さい場合、すなわ
ち、例えば、地と図形との明暗差、あるいは、背景と被
写体との明暗差、すなわちコントラストが小さい場合に
は、画像の明暗による視覚の空間周波数特性の差はほと
んどない。これに対して、画像のコントラストが大きい
場合には、背景に対して明るい被写体がある画像(明画
像)と背景に対して暗い被写体がある画像(暗画像)と
では見え方が異なってくる、という視覚の空間周波数特
性に関する心理物理的な事実が新たに明らかになった。
First, regarding the visual spatial frequency characteristics for a bright image and a dark image, a new finding obtained by the present inventors will be described. When the contrast of an image is small, that is, for example, a difference in brightness between a ground and a figure, or In the case where the contrast difference between the background and the subject, that is, the contrast is small, there is almost no difference in the visual spatial frequency characteristics due to the contrast of the image. On the other hand, when the contrast of the image is large, the image looks different between the image with a bright subject against the background (bright image) and the image with a dark subject against the background (dark image). Psychophysical facts about the spatial frequency characteristics of vision have been newly revealed.

このような心理物理的事実に基づく視覚の空間周波数特
性をまとめると、つぎのようになる。
The visual spatial frequency characteristics based on such psychophysical facts are summarized as follows.

(1)明画像と暗画像とに対する受容野、すなわち線拡
がり関数の相違。
(1) Receptive field for a bright image and a dark image, that is, a difference in line spread function.

視覚の空間周波数特性は、回路特性をそのインパルス応
答によって表わすのと同様に、例えば線状画像の見え方
によって表わすことができる。
The visual spatial frequency characteristic can be represented, for example, by the appearance of a linear image in the same way as the circuit characteristic is represented by its impulse response.

線状画像のコントラストが小さい場合には、第2図
(A)と(B)とに示すように、各図の上段に示す明線
状画像と暗線状画像とに対して、各図の下段に示すよう
に、それぞれの線状画像と同じ極性で拡がった応答の前
後に逆極性の応答が付随している。
When the contrast of the linear image is small, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, the bright line image and the dark line image shown in the upper stage of each figure are compared with the lower line of each figure. As shown in, the response of opposite polarity is attached before and after the response spread with the same polarity as that of each linear image.

これに反して、線状画像のコントラストが大きい場合に
は、明線状画像に対する応答は第2図(A)に示した低
コントラストの場合と同様であるが、暗線状画像に対し
ては、第2図(C)に示すように、同じ極性で拡がった
応答の前後には逆極性の応答が現われないという特異な
現象がある。
On the contrary, when the contrast of the linear image is large, the response to the bright linear image is similar to the case of the low contrast shown in FIG. 2A, but for the dark linear image, As shown in FIG. 2 (C), there is a peculiar phenomenon that a response of opposite polarity does not appear before and after a response having the same polarity.

したがって、第2図(D)の上段に示すように、2本の
線状画像を近接して平行に並べて掲示し、かかる並列線
状画像のコントラストを明暗の広い範囲に亘って変化さ
せると、2線間の画像領域に対する応答は、同図の下段
に示すような変化特性を呈し、並列暗線状画像に対して
は、コントラストの変化に伴って、2線間領域に対して
逆極性の応答が生ずることはない。
Therefore, as shown in the upper part of FIG. 2 (D), when two linear images are displayed side by side in close proximity, and the contrast of such parallel linear images is changed over a wide range of light and dark, The response to the image area between the two lines exhibits the change characteristic as shown in the lower part of the figure, and for the parallel dark line image, the response of the opposite polarity to the area between the two lines due to the change in the contrast. Does not occur.

(2)視覚の空間周波数特性(MIF) 低コントラストの画像による刺激に対する視覚の空間周
波数特性(MIF)は、第2図(A)および(B)につき
前述した低コントラストの明線状画像および暗線状画像
に対する視覚の応答の線拡がり関数にそれぞれ対応し
て、第3図に示す明画像領域および暗画像領域の特性曲
線Iのようになり、明画像領域および暗画像領域の双方
ともに低域周波数で視覚の感度が低下している。
(2) Visual spatial frequency characteristic (MIF) The visual spatial frequency characteristic (MIF) for the stimulus by a low-contrast image is the low-contrast bright line image and dark line described above with reference to FIGS. 2 (A) and (B). The characteristic curves I of the bright image region and the dark image region shown in FIG. 3 are obtained in correspondence with the line-spreading functions of the visual response to the circular image, respectively. The visual sensitivity is reduced.

一方、高コントラストの画像による刺激に対する視覚の
空間周波数特性(MIF)については、第2図(C)につ
き前述した高コントラストの暗線状画像に対する視覚の
応答の線拡がり関数が、低コントラスト時とは相違し
て、線拡がりの前後における逆極性応答を伴なわないの
に対応して、第3図の暗画像領域に示す特性曲線IIのよ
うに、低域周波数の暗画像に対する視覚感度の低下がな
く、電気回路における低域通過フイルタの通過周波数特
性と同様の視覚の空間周波数特性となる。
On the other hand, regarding the visual spatial frequency characteristic (MIF) with respect to the stimulus by the high-contrast image, the line-spreading function of the visual response to the high-contrast dark line image described above with reference to FIG. In contrast, as shown by the characteristic curve II shown in the dark image region in FIG. 3, there is a decrease in visual sensitivity to a dark image at a low frequency corresponding to the fact that there is no reverse polarity response before and after the line spread. Instead, the visual spatial frequency characteristic is similar to the pass frequency characteristic of the low-pass filter in the electric circuit.

本発明画質補償装置は、上述した視覚の空間周波数特性
に適合した画質補償画像が得られるように構成したもの
であるが、その詳細を説明するに先立ち、本発明の作用
効果を明らかにするために、従来のこの種画質補償装置
の上述した視覚の空間周波数特性に対する作用効果の有
無を検討する。
The image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention is configured so as to obtain an image quality compensating image adapted to the above-mentioned visual spatial frequency characteristic. Before explaining the details, in order to clarify the function and effect of the present invention. Then, the presence or absence of the effect of the conventional image quality compensating apparatus on the above-mentioned visual spatial frequency characteristic will be examined.

しかして、従来の輪郭補償回路の多くは、第4図におけ
る点線曲線(a)もしくは破線曲線(b)がそれぞれ示
すように、実線により図示する無補償時の平坦な空間周
波数特性に対して単純に高域周波数における利得を増大
させている。
Therefore, most of the conventional contour compensation circuits are simple with respect to the flat spatial frequency characteristic at the time of non-compensation shown by the solid line, as indicated by the dotted curve (a) or the broken curve (b) in FIG. 4, respectively. It increases the gain at high frequencies.

したがって、かかる輪郭補償回路により処理した画像信
号の再生画像に対する視覚の総合的な応答特性は、例え
ば、第4図の点線曲線(a)と第3図示の応答特性曲線
との積に相当したものとなる。
Therefore, the overall visual response characteristic of the image signal processed by the contour compensation circuit to the reproduced image corresponds to, for example, the product of the dotted curve (a) in FIG. 4 and the response characteristic curve in FIG. Becomes

高コントラストの明画像および暗画像に対する視覚の応
答特性は、無補償時には、第5図の明画像領域および暗
画像領域に実線曲線によって示すようになり、高コント
ラストの暗画像に対する視覚の応答が高域周波数で不足
気味となる。そこで、従来の補償回路においては、第4
図示の利得周波数特性によって高域周波数における感度
を増大させ、第5図に点線により示すように補償した視
覚の応答を得ていた。
The visual response characteristics to a high-contrast bright image and a dark image are as shown by the solid curve in the bright image region and the dark image region of FIG. 5 without compensation, and the visual response to a high-contrast dark image is high. There is a shortage of frequencies. Therefore, in the conventional compensation circuit, the fourth
The sensitivity at high frequencies is increased by the gain frequency characteristic shown in the figure, and the compensated visual response is obtained as shown by the dotted line in FIG.

したがって、高コントラストの明画像に対する応答が高
域周波数で過大となり、再生画像の明部の輪郭にぎらつ
きが生じ、前述したように不自然感を与えていた。一
方、明画像の輪郭でのぎらつきが生じない程度の補償特
性に留めると、暗画像の高域周波数成分が不足気味とな
り、鮮鋭度が低下し、いずれにしても、従来のこの種画
像補償回路によっては、高コントラストの明画像と暗画
像とに対する応答特性を同時に補償して総合的に良好な
画質の画像を得ることは到底困難であった。
Therefore, the response to a high-contrast bright image becomes excessive at a high frequency, and the outline of the bright portion of the reproduced image becomes glare, giving an unnatural feeling as described above. On the other hand, if the compensation characteristic is set to such a level that glare does not occur in the contour of the bright image, the high frequency components of the dark image tend to be insufficient, and the sharpness is lowered. Depending on the circuit, it has been extremely difficult to simultaneously compensate for the response characteristics for a high-contrast bright image and a dark image and obtain an image of good overall quality.

これに対して、本発明画質補償装置においては、基本的
には、高コントラストの明画像信号と暗画像信号との輪
郭補償成分の付加量をそれぞれ視覚特性に適合させて独
立に調整し得るようにしている。すなわち、第6図の他
の補償特性曲線と同様に点線で示すように、正極性側と
負極性側とにおける補償量を第3図につき前述した視覚
の応答特性の画像の明暗による相違に対応させて互いに
異ならせ、正側に小さく、負側に大きくした高域周波数
補償成分を原画像信号に付加することにより、視覚を通
して見た画像特性を正・負で対称的にし、正・負とも過
不足のない画質補償を行ない得るようにしている。
On the other hand, in the image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention, basically, the addition amount of the contour compensation component of the high-contrast bright image signal and the dark image signal can be independently adjusted by adapting to each visual characteristic. I have to. That is, as indicated by a dotted line like the other compensation characteristic curves of FIG. 6, the compensation amount on the positive polarity side and the compensation amount on the negative polarity side correspond to the difference in the visual response characteristic described above with reference to FIG. By adding a high-frequency component that is small on the positive side and large on the negative side to the original image signal, the image characteristics seen through vision are made positive and negative symmetrically. The image quality is compensated just enough.

上述した態様の画質補償を行なうようにした本発明画質
補償装置の構成例を第1図(A時に示し、その各部信号
波形の例を第1図(B)に示す。
An example of the configuration of the image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention for performing the image quality compensation in the above-mentioned mode is shown in FIG. 1 (at the time of A, and an example of the signal waveform of each part thereof is shown in FIG. 1B).

図示の回路構成においては、例えば波形(a)に示すス
テップ状の入力画像信号を入力端子から低域通過フイル
タ1および遅延線2にそれぞれ供給し、波形(b)に示
す低域成分信号波出力およびその波出力の遅延に合
わせた波形(c)に示す遅延出力画像信号をそれぞれ取
出す。これら信号(b)および(c)を差動増幅器3の
負入力端子および正入力端子にそれぞれ供給し、その差
出力信号として波形(d)に示す線形高域補償用差出力
信号を取出す。
In the circuit configuration shown in the figure, for example, a stepped input image signal shown in waveform (a) is supplied from the input terminal to the low-pass filter 1 and the delay line 2, respectively, and the low-pass component signal wave output shown in waveform (b) is output. And the delayed output image signal shown in the waveform (c) corresponding to the delay of the wave output. These signals (b) and (c) are supplied to the negative input terminal and the positive input terminal of the differential amplifier 3, respectively, and the differential output signal for linear high frequency compensation shown in the waveform (d) is taken out as the difference output signal.

この差出力信号を検波器4に供給して、波形(e)に示
す負極性成分信号を分離する。その信号(e)を、減衰
器6を介して加算器7に供給するとともに、その差出力
信号(d)を減衰器5を介して同じく加算器7に供給す
る。ここで、減衰器5および6を適切に調整して第3図
示の視覚応答特性もしくは第6図示の特性に適合させた
比率の正側振幅および負側振幅を有する波形(f)に示
す非対称もしくは非線形の画質補償信号を加算器7から
出力信号として取出す。
This difference output signal is supplied to the detector 4 to separate the negative component signal shown in the waveform (e). The signal (e) is supplied to the adder 7 via the attenuator 6, and the difference output signal (d) is also supplied to the adder 7 via the attenuator 5. Here, the attenuators 5 and 6 are appropriately adjusted so that the asymmetry shown in the waveform (f) having the positive-side amplitude and the negative-side amplitude in a ratio adapted to the visual response characteristic shown in FIG. 3 or the characteristic shown in FIG. 6 or A non-linear image quality compensation signal is taken out from the adder 7 as an output signal.

この画質補償信号(f)を加算器8に導いて、前述した
遅延出力原画像信号(c)に加算し、波形(g)に示す
ように、視覚の空間周波数特性に合わせて高コントラス
トの明および暗画像を適切に補償し、視覚的に最良の画
質が得られるようにした補償出力画像信号を加算出力と
して取出す。
This image quality compensation signal (f) is guided to the adder 8 and added to the delayed output original image signal (c) described above, and as shown in the waveform (g), a high-contrast bright image is obtained in accordance with the visual spatial frequency characteristic. And a compensated output image signal for which the dark image is appropriately compensated so that the best image quality can be visually obtained is taken out as an addition output.

なお、上述した回路構成における低域通過フイルタ1
は、画質補償の対象とするテレビジョン方式の標準特性
に応じて、その通過帯域特性を適切に変化させるように
するが、遅延線2との出力の差によって画質補償用の高
域周波数成分を取出すのであるから、線形位相特性を有
するものとするのが好適である。
In addition, the low-pass filter 1 in the circuit configuration described above is used.
Adjusts its pass band characteristic appropriately according to the standard characteristic of the television system for which the image quality is to be compensated. However, due to the difference in output from the delay line 2, a high frequency component for image quality compensation is generated. Since it is taken out, it is preferable to have a linear phase characteristic.

また、視覚の空間周波数特性画像も、本来は二次元であ
るので、低域通過フイルタ1も二次元フイルタとするの
が望ましい。簡易な装置としては一次元フイルタでも代
用することができるが、その場合には、表示画像の輪郭
に空間異方性、すなわち、水平方向のみの輪郭強調が生
ずることになる。
Also, since the visual spatial frequency characteristic image is originally two-dimensional, it is desirable that the low-pass filter 1 is also a two-dimensional filter. As a simple device, a one-dimensional filter can be used as a substitute, but in that case, spatial anisotropy, that is, edge enhancement only in the horizontal direction occurs in the contour of the display image.

本発明画質補償装置の補償出力画像信号波形は、入力画
像信号波形が第1図(B)に示した波形(a)のような
ステップ状であったときには、同図の波形(g)に示し
たように、ステップの輪郭の正極性の部分を小さく増大
させ、負極性の部分を大きく増大させた補償出力画像信
号波形となる。
The compensation output image signal waveform of the image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention is shown in the waveform (g) of FIG. 1 when the input image signal waveform is a step like the waveform (a) shown in FIG. 1 (B). As described above, the compensated output image signal waveform is obtained by slightly increasing the positive polarity portion of the step contour and greatly increasing the negative polarity portion.

かかる画質補償を標準画像信号に施したときの画質評価
の結果の一例を第7図に示す。従来の線形補償を施した
場合、すなわち、正の補償量の割合 100%に比べて、負
極性側を大きくした本発明による画質補償の場合には格
段に優れた評価結果が得られており、特に補償量の割合
が10〜30%では約1ランクもの高い評価となっている。
これは、すでに述べたように、本発明による画質補償が
従来のように輪郭部にぎらつきが生ずる等の不自然さを
生ずることが少ないためであり、さらにまた、表示画像
にフレアが大きく生じやすい投写型画像表示系に適用す
れば、一層顕著な画質改善効果が得られる。
FIG. 7 shows an example of the result of image quality evaluation when such image quality compensation is applied to a standard image signal. When the conventional linear compensation is applied, that is, in the case of the image quality compensation according to the present invention in which the negative polarity side is made larger than that of the positive compensation amount ratio of 100%, a significantly excellent evaluation result is obtained. Especially, when the ratio of compensation amount is 10 to 30%, it is evaluated as high as about 1 rank.
This is because, as already described, the image quality compensation according to the present invention rarely causes unnaturalness such as the occurrence of glare in the contour portion as in the conventional case, and further, flare is likely to occur in the display image. When applied to a projection type image display system, a more remarkable image quality improving effect can be obtained.

(効 果) 以上の説明から明らかなように、本発明によれば、空間
周波数領域における画像信号の高域成分を正極性成分と
負極性成分とに分けてそれぞれ独立に視覚の空間周波数
特性に合わせて補償することができるので、高コントラ
ストの明画像と暗画像とに対する視覚上の見え方にそれ
ぞれ適切に対応した画質補償を施すことができる。した
がって、画像の輪郭部における明部と暗部との双方に対
して全く不自然感を生ずることなく、十分な画質補償を
行なって鮮鋭度の優れた画像を再生表示することができ
る。
(Effect) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, the high frequency component of the image signal in the spatial frequency domain is divided into the positive polarity component and the negative polarity component, and the visual spatial frequency characteristic is independently obtained. Since they can be compensated together, it is possible to perform image quality compensation that appropriately corresponds to the visual appearance of a high-contrast bright image and dark image. Therefore, it is possible to reproduce and display an image with excellent sharpness by performing sufficient image quality compensation without giving an unnatural feeling to both the bright portion and the dark portion in the contour portion of the image.

なお、本発明画質補償装置は、撮像系に適用してあらゆ
る画像信号に対し不自然感のない補償を施して送出し得
るとともに、再生表示系に適用して表示条件に適合した
特性の画質補償を個々の画像信号に対して施し、特に、
上述した投写表示系における画像の補償に適用するに好
適である。
The image quality compensating apparatus of the present invention can be applied to an image pickup system to perform compensation for any image signal without any unnatural feeling, and can be sent out, and can also be applied to a reproduction display system to perform image quality compensation with characteristics suitable for display conditions. Is applied to each image signal,
It is suitable for application to image compensation in the projection display system described above.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief description of drawings]

第1図(A)および(B)は本発明画質補償装置の構成
例および各部信号波形の例をそれぞれ示すブロック線図
および信号波形図、 第2図(A)、(B)、(C)および(D)は低コント
ラストおよび高コントラストの明画像および暗画像の例
および視覚の応答の例をそれぞれ対応させて示す波形図
および特性図、 第3図は画像の明暗による視覚の空間周波数特性の変化
の例を示す特性曲線図、 第4図は従来の画質補償回路の補償特性の例を示す特性
曲線図、 第5図は明画像および暗画像に対する視覚の空間周波数
特性と従来回路による補償を施した空間周波数特性とを
対比して示す特性曲線図、 第6図は本発明による明画像および暗画像の補償特性の
例を示す特性曲線図、 第7図は本発明による画質補償を施した画像に対する画
質評価結果の例を示す特性曲線図である。 1……低域通過フイルタ、 2……遅延線、 3……差動増幅器、 4……検波器、 5、6……減衰器、 7、8……加算器。
FIGS. 1 (A) and 1 (B) are a block diagram and a signal waveform diagram showing an example of the configuration of the image quality compensation device of the present invention and an example of the signal waveform of each part, and FIGS. 2 (A), (B) and (C). And (D) are waveform charts and characteristic diagrams respectively showing examples of low-contrast and high-contrast bright and dark images and examples of visual responses, respectively. FIG. 3 shows visual spatial frequency characteristics due to light and dark of images. FIG. 4 is a characteristic curve diagram showing an example of change, FIG. 4 is a characteristic curve diagram showing an example of compensation characteristics of a conventional image quality compensation circuit, and FIG. 5 is a visual spatial frequency characteristic for a bright image and a dark image and compensation by a conventional circuit. FIG. 6 is a characteristic curve diagram showing a comparison with the applied spatial frequency characteristic, FIG. 6 is a characteristic curve diagram showing an example of compensation characteristics of a bright image and a dark image according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is image quality compensation according to the present invention. Image quality evaluation for images It is a characteristic curve diagram showing an example of a fruit. 1 ... Low-pass filter, 2 ... Delay line, 3 ... Differential amplifier, 4 ... Detector, 5,6 ... Attenuator, 7,8 ... Adder.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 【請求項1】入力画像信号の少なくとも一次元の空間周
波数領域における高域信号成分を抽出する高域抽出回路
と、前記高域信号成分から負極性振幅成分を検波する検
波手段と、前記高域信号成分と前記検波手段からの負極
性振幅成分とを加算することによって負極性振幅のみが
正極性振幅よりも強調された画質補償信号を形成する補
償信号形成回路と、前記画質補償信号を前記入力画像信
号に加算して画質補償出力画像信号を形成する加算回路
とを備えたことを特徴とする画質補償装置。
1. A high band extraction circuit for extracting a high band signal component in at least a one-dimensional spatial frequency region of an input image signal, a detection means for detecting a negative polarity amplitude component from the high band signal component, and the high band. A compensation signal forming circuit for forming an image quality compensation signal in which only the negative polarity amplitude is emphasized more than the positive polarity amplitude by adding the signal component and the negative polarity amplitude component from the detection means, and the image quality compensation signal is input to the compensation signal forming circuit. An image quality compensating apparatus, comprising: an addition circuit that adds an image signal to form an image quality compensation output image signal.
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