Image processing circuit and method thereof

摘要

An image processing circuit and a method thereof are provided herein. The image processing circuit has a first scaling circuit, one or more line buffers, a first sharpness circuit, a second scaling circuit, and a second sharpness circuit. The first scaling circuit enlarges an input image along a first direction to generate a first enlarged image. The one or more line buffers temporarily store the pixel values of a plurality of pixel rows of the first enlarged image. The first sharpness circuit vertically sharpens the first enlarged image to generate a first sharpened image. The second scaling circuit enlarges the first sharpened image along a second direction to generate a second enlarged image. The second sharpness circuit horizontally sharpens the second enlarged image to generate a second sharpened image. Accordingly, it is possible to use the one or more line buffers having shorter data lengths to perform the vertical sharpening.

主权项

1. An image processing circuit for processing an input image, the image processing circuit comprising:
a first scaling circuit, for increasing a resolution along a first direction of the input image to generate a first enlarged image; a first sharpness circuit, for sharpening the first enlarged image along a second direction to generate a first sharpened image; a second scaling circuit, coupled to the first sharpness circuit, for increasing a resolution along a third direction of the first sharpened image to generate a second enlarged image; and a second sharpness circuit, coupled to the second scaling circuit, for sharpening the second enlarged image along a fourth direction to generate a second sharpened image.