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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 07, 1994
Seiichiro Morikawa, Kaisei-machi, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for processing an image data digitally comprises a storage device for storing therein a multiplier varying in accordance with a first image data obtained by digitally processing the image data, the length of the integral part of the first image data being n bits, a random number generating circuit for generating a random number falling on somewhere between zero and a positive number less than unity, an arithmetic circuit for performing arithmetic operations including a multiplication of the random number by the multiplier, and an adding circuit for adding the output of the arithmetic circuit to the first image data and outputting the least significant m bits (m.ltoreq.n) of the integral part of the so-added data as second image data for use in the next process.