Multiformat image recordation

Patent 4595958 Issued on June 17, 1986. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 24, 2004. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 06/644491 filed on 08/24/1984

US Classes:

358/296, Recording apparatus358/451, Picture size conversion358/528Size variation

Examiners

Primary: Goldberg, E. A.
Assistant: Foster, Patrick W.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

G06T 3/40 (20060101)
H04N 1/393 (20060101)

Abstract

A process is described for converting an image in one digital format to a second digital format by considering both horizontal and vertical values of pixels to generate output pixels of intermediate value.