A binarizer binarizes a video signal input from an A/D converter and a
video signal output from a line memory using an average luminance value
provided from a detection window video signal processor as a threshold
value, and outputs a binary pattern. A reference pattern generator
generates a plurality of reference patterns. An angle detector compares
the binary pattern with each of the plurality of reference patterns, and
outputs the angle of a matched reference pattern as angle information. An
arc shape detector outputs the edge angle information of a picture based
on a combination of the angle information of an interpolation scanning
line including an object interpolation pixel and the angle information of
interpolation scanning lines above and below the interpolation scanning
line.