Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo, Inc.

Matsushita Graphic Communication Systems, Inc.

Yoshimitsu Kanno

Hiroaki Kotera

Kunio Yoshida

Yukifumi Tsuda

Teruo Fumoto

Shin Yamada

Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya

Motohiko Naka

Toshiharu Kurosawa

Hidehiko Kawakami

Heijiro Hayami

Katsuhiro Kanamori

Tsutomu Shibata

Haruko Sugita

Mutuo Hashizume

Hideaki Ohira

Ryuzo Itabashi

A correspondence relation between a structure of a bi-level pattern A and a structure of a bi-level pattern B is statistically learned by use of a learning high-density image. The bi-level pattern A forms a partial region of a low-density character and line image except a screened dot image. The bi-level pattern B forms a corresponding partial region of a desired high-density image. A judgement is made as to whether the low-density image is equal to or different from a screened dot image. Reference pixels are selected from the partial region of the low-density image. The low-density bi-level pattern A is converted into the high-density bi-level pattern B on the basis of a result of the learning by use of the selected reference pixels when the low-density image is different from a screened dot image. A pixel of the low-density image is repeated to convert the low-density image into the high-density image when the low-density image is equal to a screend dot image.

Method and apparatus for converting a line density of a bi-level image

An image reading system for reading color information on an original picture, the reading system comprising a scanning section for optically scanning the original picture and a color chip having a predetermined density value and a reading section for receiving reflection or transmission light obtained with the scanning section optically scanning the original picture and the color chip and for converting the reflection or transmission light into the corresponding electric signal. The reading system is arranged to optically read a density of the color chip so as to constitute a densitometer with the read density of the color chip being adjusted to be substantially coincident with the predetermined density and to measure densities of highlight and shadow points on the original picture by means of the densitometer. Further, the reading system corrects density values, which are designated by an operator, on the basis of the measured densities so that a balance between a plurality of colors obtained through color separations of the highlight and shadow points is kept and to perform a coordination between the read density and a density of the original picture with the read densities of the highlight and shadow points being adjusted to be coincident with the corrected densities.

Image reading method and apparatus with coordination function between

A method of data display for a system which includes a main image memory having stored therein data representing a main image, a display memory coupled to temporarily hold data transferred thereto form the main image memory, and a display apparatus for displaying at least a selected portion of the data held in the display memory, whereby while scrolling is being executed in the horizontal or vertical display direction, new data are transferred from the main image memory to the display memory only when the limits of the data currently held in the display memory are exceeded, and with only data for one display line or column being transferred in such a case.

Method of image display with scrolling capability

An image synthesizing system provided with an interpolation circuit for interpolating data of neighboring pixels of a multi-level picture, a decompression circuit for converting data representing characters and graphic forms into data of pixels thereof, a first look-up table unit for converting the data of pixels composing the characters and graphic forms into data representing gradation levels of a four-color halftone, a second look-up table unit for outputting control data for synthesis which includes halftone-dot pattern information used to indicate halftone-dot patterns corresponding to the characters and the graphic forms and region discriminating information used to indicate which of the characters and the graphic forms should be clipped, a multi-level picture and bi-level element comparison circuits, which are independent of each other, respectively converting the multi-level picture and the bi-level characters and graphic forms into bi-level dot patterns and a selecting circuit for selectively outputting one of the bi-level dot patterns respectively corresponding to the bi-level characters and the bi-level graphic forms.

Image synthesizing system

A color correction method applicable to a digital processing type of color copier, whereby a set of color patches of respectively different sample colors is printed using a set of printing data values, the color patches are then scanned and analyzed to obtain color patch input data values by the color copier, and each of all of the possible input color data values that can be produced by the scanner/analyzer section of the color copier is then related to one of the color patch input data values which is closest thereto in a 3-dimensional color space. Each of these possible input color data values is thereby related to an appropriate color printing value, whereby a color correction table can be generated which provides correction accuracy that is independent of non-linearity of color printing characteristics.

Color correction method for color copier utilizing correction table

In a method and an apparatus for processing an image, a small screen dot pattern is prepared. A large screen dot pattern is generated by copying or repeatedly reading out the small screen dot pattern. Data of a variable tone image are processed with the large screen dot pattern and are thereby converted into processed image data representative of a screen dot image. The screen dot image may be recorded in a suitable way.

Method and apparatus for processing an image

A color image duplicating device comprises a function generator (60) for generating a plurality of functions of n degree wherein elements of color separated data (201, 202, 203) from a color original (1) are variable, a storing device (66) for storing predetermined coefficients, and an arithmetic unit (61, 62, 63) for performing the calculation to find the product and sum of outputs from the function generator (60) and that of the storing device (66). An output from the arithmetic unit (61, 62, 63) is applied to a color recorder (3) to form a color duplicated image.

Color image duplicating system

To overcome the tendency of the recording head of a dot printer to become inoperative in a range below a threshold level, a gray scale input signal is modulated with an oscillating signal so that the modulated signal oscillates above and below the threshold level to reproduce halftone values below the otherwise inoperative range.

Dot printer for reproduction of halftone images

Light beams scans patterns of a subject copy, being reflected therefrom, and being converted into pulsating electrical signals. Color borders between two different colored patterns are detected based on the pulsating signals. On the other hand, a color of a predetermined scanned line following each of the color borders is sensed for determining the sensed color as a color between the adjacent color borders.

Method of and a system for color separation

An ink ejection system of the invention includes an electrical circuit generating sinusoidal wave pulses and a liquid applying unit operable to discharge the liquid in pulsed jets in response to the sinusoidal wave pulses. The circuit comprises means for generating a sinusoidal signal of constant amplitude and frequency higher than the highest instantaneous frequency of a video signal, and means for modulating the amplitude of the sinusoidal signal in accordance with the video signal to generate a signal containing no harmonic components.

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Sagamihara, Japan

Yoshimitsu Kanno