IMAGE CONVERTER AND IMAGE CONVERSION METHOD

摘要

An image converter and a method for converting a first image signal including a plurality of pixel data to a second image signal including a plurality of pixel data. Particularly, an image converter and an image conversion method, since a class top or a prediction tap from image slicing is controlled in accordance with a feature quantity indicating the quantity of blur of imputted image data, optimum pixel data can be extracted as a class tap or a prediction tap and appropriate predictive processing can be carried out even when the inputted image data have a poor image quality.