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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110279872 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus An image processing method includes: generating a stochastic screening dither matrix (S101); performing a centered positive-negative conversion operation on the stochastic screening dither matrix (S102); generating a screen dot dither contrast matrix for e... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20090034008 | METHOD FOR GENERATING STOCHASTIC DITHER MATRIX A method for generating a stochastic halftone screen (32) includes a parameterized screen generator (31) whose parameters (15) control aspects of the generated screen (32). Some parameters (15) control the size of a generated threshold... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080144111 | Generating random and density controllable dot patterns method A method to generate random and density controllable dot patterns includes steps of dividing a 2D domain into multiple cell units; determining dot density in each cell; creating at random initial location of dots in each cell; solving the force operation cut radius of t... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080106765 | Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus capable of realizing miniaturization of apparatus and low cost is supplied. In the image forming apparatus, an inputting section inputs gradation data values P with N bits; a gradation changing section changes the gradation data value P into a... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080055653 | Image signal processing apparatus and method thereof An image signal processing apparatus and a method thereof are disclosed. The image signal processing apparatus includes a random producing unit which produces seed values to a plurality of frames input for a predetermined period by using a linear feedback shift register... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20060197992 | Stochastic screens for rendering devices with high-addressability A stochastic dot-growth sequence for a stochastic screen can be initially compiled into two sections, including at least a first section and at least a section. Additional sections can be provided as necessary (e.g., third, fourth, etc.). The first section provides, for... | 09/07/2006 |
| 20050286084 | Method for generating a dither mask A method for generating a dither mask is disclosed using a local stochastic technique for use for the halftoning of grey scale images by a pixel by pixel comparison of the images against the dither mask. The dither mask is generated by producing a sequence of dot profil... | 12/29/2005 |
| 20050264834 | Method of generating threshold matrix for creating halftone dot image and method and apparatus for creating halftone dot image and recording medium To generate a threshold matrix which is compared with an original image in creating a halftone dot image for each color component, in a matrix area for one color component, dot centers are arranged almost uniformly in a random fashion at a predetermined density and in a... | 12/01/2005 |
| 20050259278 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus, including: an averaging processing section to periodically carry out an averaging processing on image data of an averaging target, the averaging processing calculating an average value of pixel values of pixels which correspond to a positi... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050195442 | Threshold matrix, a method generating threshold matrix, and storage unit for storing threshold matrix as data A threshold matrix for converting a continuous-tone image into a dot pattern representing a binary image is generated. When the continuous-tone image whose pixel values correspond to a dot percentage of 50% is converted into a dot pattern by the threshold matrix, a grap... | 09/08/2005 |
| 20050063588 | Method and apparatus for compensating for dot gain in stochastic printing A method for compensating for dot gain in printing with stochastic screens comprises obtaining continuous tone CMYK files and screening the files at a resolution that is lower than the resolution of an output device that will be used to print the files. The lower resolu... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050062995 | Method of selective edge softening and rendering for the suppression of halo Selective edge softening and selective edge dithering is introduced into an image representation to improve local control where halo problems are expected. Selective areas of dilation are isolated and separately dithered or halftoned, the result of which is then swapped... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050052703 | Parallel dithering contour mitigation A method and system for displaying fractional bit data in order to increase the bit depth of a PWM display without requiring the use of an excessive number of bit planes. One embodiment of the present invention combines the outputs of two random number generators (70... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050024685 | Stochastic halftone screening method A method of building threshold matrices for stochastic screening by using the actual size and shape of imaged pixel and/or pixel agglomerate instead of the nominal one, in the stage of calculating appropriate threshold matrices. For each relevant combination of imager a... | 02/03/2005 |
| 20050012964 | Halftone super-cell optimization for artifact reduction Artifact reduction is achieved by altering the growth of sub-cells for each super-cell in either a pre-determined or random manner. The means of alteration is selected such that the sum of all the groups equals a halftone value. In another embodiment, the random group i... | 01/20/2005 |
