POST-PROCESSING OF INTERPOLATED IMAGES

An image conversion unit (100) for converting an input image into an output image includes a first computing device (104) for computing a first weighted sum of a first group of pixel values, the first group of pixel values corresponding to pixels of the input image; a second computing device (102) for computing a second weighted sum of a second group of interpolated values, the second group of interpolated values being computed by interpolation for spatial locations which are not present at the sampling grid of the input image; a combining device (106) for computing a third sum by combining the first weighted sum and the second weighted sum; and a clipping device (108) for clipping the third sum between a minimum value and a maximum value, the minimum value and the maximum value being derived from pixel values of the input image.