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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2023
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Daisaku Imaizumi, Sakai City, JP;
Teruhiko Matsuoka, Sakai City, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Abstract
An image inputter and a controller are provided, and the controller acquires a multiple-value image via the image inputter, acquires a first image obtained by performing a correction process and a simple binarization process on the multiple-value image and a second image obtained by performing the correction process on the multiple-value image, uses a difference value of a pixel value of the second image with respect to the first image on a pixel-by-pixel basis to determine whether a jaggy occurs when the multiple-value image is output as a simple binary image, when a jaggy occurs, determines a conversion method for converting the multiple-value image in accordance with an amount of statistics calculated using the difference value, and outputs an image obtained by conversion using the determined conversion method.
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