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Class 358/3.15 - Edge adaptive


Subclass of Class 358 - Facsimile and static presentation processing
Definition: Subject matter wherein dithering is adapted to an edge
No. of patents: 86
Last issue date: 12/27/2011


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NumberTitleIssue Date
4654721System for reproducing multi-level digital images on a bi-level printer of fixed dot size
A system for producing improved halftone images from continuous tone input images, the pixels of which have been digitized as gray scale values, using a printer having the capability to print a set of output pel patterns producing a respective set of disc...
03/31/1987
4638369Edge extraction technique
An improved edge extraction technique for use in copying a halftone original to produce a halftone copy is described. The prior art uses a two path system to rescreen a halftone, a filter path to remove the original screen and an edge extraction path to e...
01/20/1987
4321631Control method and device for reproducing a halftone dot cut away along a picture outline
In a method for reproducing a halftone picture by scanning, wherein a brightness and a width of a recording light beam to be projected on a photosensitive material is suitably controlled by means of picture signals obtained from the scanning of an origina...
03/23/1982
4115816Electronic screening
A continuous-tone image, which can be in full color, is scanned to produce color-separation images in halftone dots. Edges of features in the scanned image are sensed, and the positions and shapes of the halftone dots that define corresponding edges in th...
09/19/1978
4084196Electronic half-tone generating means for facsimile reproduction system
An electronic half-tone generating circuit for enabling a black and white facsimile transmission system to accurately and efficiently transmit and reproduce images including shades of grey as well as black and white and including an integrator responsive ...
04/11/1978
3983319Electronic screening for image reproduction
A continuous-tone image, which can be in full color, is scanned to produce color-separation images in halftone dots. Edges of features in the scanned image are sensed, and the positions and shapes of the halftone dots that define corresponding edges in th...
09/28/1976
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