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PICTURE DETECTION DEVICE, PICTURE RECORDING DEVICE, PICTURE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION DEVICE, PICTURE DETECTION METHOD, PICTURE RECORDING METHOD, AND PICTURE RECORDING/REPRODUCTION METHOD

  • US 20130156308A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2012
  • Published: 06/20/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A picture detection device, comprising:

  • an estimation unit configured to, based on deviations in color information of pixels of a prescribed number of lines in an upper-edge portion, lower-edge portion, left-edge portion, and right-edge portion of a picture frame including a first picture and a second picture displayed on the periphery of the first picture, estimate an edge portion of the picture frame in which the second picture is displayed from among the upper-edge portion, the lower-edge portion, the left-edge portion, and the right-edge portion; and

    a detection unit configured to detect the first picture of the picture flame;

    wherein the detection unit moves a borderline detection line from the center of the picture frame toward the estimated edge portion, and detects a borderline between the first picture and the second picture based on a brightness difference of pixels in the vicinity of the borderline detection line, and detects the first picture based on the detected borderline.

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