Document Technologies, Inc.

Timothy J Hill

Robert M Marsh

Mark Potts

Jesse Conrad Newcomb

Kamal Mortoza

A system for converting a high-resolution bitonal bit map representation of a document to a lower-resolution pixel representation for display. A special subset of the high resolution output is assigned special meanings by codes which are used to produce a real time video signal with higher bandwidth to enhance the resolution and readability of the displayed image on a lower resolution display. This is accomplished by splitting each coded pixel into two or more 'twixels'. The twixels produced from pixels which are not part of the special subset have the same codes as the corresponding original pixels. The twixels produced from pixels which are part of the special subset have special codes which, when displayed, duplicate certain predetermined high resolution features of the original bitonal pixel-code information on a display.

Conversion of higher resolution images for display on a lower-resolution

A multi-channel and multi-capability facsimile system including N(.gtoreq.2) signal-carrying facsimile channels, an image server means to process, store and retrieve document image information, and a master processing unit to control the process by which information is transferred between a facsimile channel and the image server means, and to enable and disable data compression and expansion document image information that is provided to or received from the facsimile channels. The system: (1) allows visual display of document pages sent and/or received in the resolution in which the document is originally received or generated; (2) allows transmission, receipt and storage of document image information and speech or voice signals; (3) allows control of the destination address and route used for transmitted document and speech infomation, using the DTMF touch tone signaling available with a telephone; (4) supports CCITT group 2, Group 3 and Group 4 standards.

Multi-capability facsimile system

Method and apparatus for providing high resolution images for static display of document pages that are scanned in through a document scanner at high resolution, with reduced bandwidth requirements. In one embodiment, groups of four scanned image pixel values, each one bit in length, are reduced to a single two-bit pixel value that determines a pixel value for a display image pixel; and selected displayed image pixel values are periodically varied between the original displayed image pixel value and an alternative pixel value to restore the perception of high resolution available in the scanned image.

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Timothy J Hill