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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1982
Filed:
May. 01, 1980
Hitomi Atoji, Kyoto, JP;
Masuo Kunisawa, Uji, JP;
Atsuro Hirata, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuaki Araki, Kyoto, JP;
Dainippon Screen Seizo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tenjin-kitamachi, JP;
Abstract
A sharpness emphasizing method and machine used in a picture reproducing machine such as a color separator, wherein a sharpness emphasizing signal is prepared from a main signal and an unsharp signal, which are obtained by scanning an original picture, in a sharpness emphasizing signal circuit, wherein a corrected sharpness emphasizing signal is selectively produced from the sharpness emphasizing signal depending on the leap of the unsharp signal in a sharpness emphasizing component pickup circuit, and wherein the corrected sharpness emphasizing signal is added to the main signal in a composer circuit, thereby obtaining a picture signal whose sharpness is emphasized in its detail portions.