METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING IMAGE ENHANCEMENT ALGORITHM

• US 20170243321A1
• Filed: 10/13/2015
• Published: 08/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Won-jae, KIM, Min-soo, PARK, Young-hwan
• Granted Patent: US 10,482,563 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/28 involving image processing hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/00 Image enhancement or restoration

Abstract

Disclosed are an image enhancement algorithm processing method and apparatus. The image enhancement algorithm processing method includes setting a plurality of different control registers, indexing and storing the set plurality of control registers, calling a first control register corresponding to a first index among the stored plurality of control registers by using the first index, and commanding a hardware accelerator to perform a first function defined by the called first control register.

Claims

1. An image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to set a plurality of different control registers, index and store the set plurality of control registers, call a first control register corresponding to a first index among the stored plurality of control registers by using the first index, and command a hardware accelerator to perform a first function defined by the called first control register.

2. The image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of different control registers define different functions.

3. The image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein after commanding the hardware accelerator to perform the first function, the process calls a second control register corresponding to a second index among the stored plurality of control registers by using the second index, and commands the hardware accelerator to perform a second function defined by the called second control register, and the first function differs from the second function.

4. The image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus of claim 3, wherein in the calling of the second control register, a computer program automatically converts an index, and the processor calls a control register corresponding to an index obtained through the conversion among the stored plurality of control registers by using the obtained index.

5. The image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

the hardware accelerator configured to receive a command defined by the first control register and perform the first function.

6. The image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

the hardware accelerator configured to receive a command defined by the second control register and perform the second function.

7. An image enhancement algorithm processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to set a control register defining a second function while a hardware accelerator is performing a first function and after the hardware accelerator performs the first function, command the hardware accelerator to perform the second function defined by the set control register.

8-10. -10. (canceled)

11. An image enhancement algorithm processing method performed by a processor, the image enhancement algorithm processing method comprising:

setting a plurality of different control registers;

indexing and storing the set plurality of control registers;

calling a first control register corresponding to a first index among the stored plurality of control registers by using the first index; and

commanding a hardware accelerator to perform a first function defined by the called first control register.

12. The image enhancement algorithm processing method of claim 11, further comprising:

calling a second control register corresponding to a second index among the stored plurality of control registers by using the second index; and

commanding the hardware accelerator to perform a second function defined by the called second control register,

wherein the first function differs from the second function.

13. The image enhancement algorithm processing method of claim 12, wherein the calling of the second control register comprises:

automatically converting, by a computer program, an index; and

calling, by the processor, a control register corresponding to an index obtained through the conversion among the stored plurality of control registers by using the obtained index.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for executing the image enhancement algorithm processing method of claim 11 in a computer.

14. (canceled)