Minimizing visual artifacts in a brick-layer halftone structure

Details Minimizing visual artifacts in a brick-layer halftone structure Minimizing visual artifacts in a brick-layer halftone structure

2011-03-29

2011-03-29

Lee, Thomas D (Department: 2625)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

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C358S003030

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07916350

ABSTRACT:
What is disclosed is a novel system and method for minimizing visual artifacts, such as ROS skew and laserbeam bow, in a brick-layer halftone structure. The present method involves determining a line pattern from ROS skew and laserbeam bow profiles which traverses through successive halftone cells displacing pixels along scanlines in the process direction. The amount of displacement is varied as a function of the cross-process location as determined by the line pattern. Pixels along scanlines are shifted in a direction defined by the error profiles. In each halftone cell within which the line pattern traverses, extra pixels (empty pixel spaces created in the halftone cell by the shifting operation) are filled with lost pixels (pixels bumped from the halftone cell during the shifting operation) such that overall density of the halftone cell is maintained. The lost pixels are buffered such that lost pixels are preserved.

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