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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1989
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1987
Katsuo Nakazato, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyoshi Tsuchiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiharu Kurosawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Maruyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image signal processing circuit for converting a continuous tone image signal to a bi-level image signal, for producing a spatial gray scale image on a bi-level display device such as a gas plasma display panel. Respective values of apportionment factors (K.sub.A to K.sub.D) used for apportioning a bi-level conversion error of each picture element of the image among a plurality of picuture elements (A to D) positioned peripehrally adjacent thereto are periodically altered, in a periodic or random succession of values, to thereby effectively eliminate the generation of a texture pattern in display regions corresponding to areas of uniform density in the original image.