Image analysis – Image compression or coding – Gray level to binary coding
Patent
1996-09-26
1998-07-21
Rogers, Scott
Image analysis
Image compression or coding
Gray level to binary coding
382252, 382270, 358534, 358456, 358466, G06T 500, H04N 1405, H04N 152
Patent
active
057844968
ABSTRACT:
A method for processing an input image including a plurality of input pixels each having a first number of possible input levels of optical density to form an output image including a plurality of separations each including a plurality of output pixels each having a second number of possible output levels of optical density. The method includes the steps of generating a first threshold reference signal as a function of a plurality of error signals, each of the plurality of error signals being derived by processing previous ones of pixels in each of the plurality of separations, modifying a current one of the plurality of input pixels in a current one of the plurality of separations in accordance with an error signal derived by processing previous ones of pixels in the current one of the plurality of separations, generating a second threshold reference signal for the current one of the plurality of input pixels, and forming one of the output pixels by comparing the modified current one of the plurality of input pixels to the generated first threshold reference signal and the generated second threshold reference signal.
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Krieger Daniel J.
Rogers Scott
Xerox Corporation
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