IMPROVED IMAGE SHARPENING VIA GRADIENT ENVIRONMENT DETECTION

摘要

In an embodiment, a device comprises a plurality of elements, including logical elements, wherein the elements are configured to perform the operations of: in a neighborhood of pixels surrounding and including a particular pixel, applying a filter to multiple groups of pixels in the neighborhood to generate a set of filtered values; generating, based at least in part upon the set of filtered values, one or more sets of gradient values; based at least in part upon the one or more sets of gradient values, computing a first metric for an image environment in which the particular pixel is situated; determining a second metric for the image environment in which the particular pixel is situated, wherein the second metric distinguishes between a detail environment; and based at least in part upon the first metric and the second metric, computing a gradient improvement (GI) metric for the particular pixel.