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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takahiro Hideshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ushio Anayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382266 ; 382268 ; 382254 ;
Abstract
An image processing method and apparatus capable of sufficiently emphasizing binary density image area without deterioration of the image quality of a gray-scale or middle tone image area. During image processing, a density A.sub.0 of a center pixel is converted into a density �A!.sub.0 by the formula;