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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:
Oct. 06, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham Moolenaar, Venlo, NL;
Petrus Antonius Cornelissen, Venlo, NL;
Assignee:
OCE-Nederland B.V., Venlo, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382252 ; 382237 ; 382270 ; 358456 ; 358457 ; 358458 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and device for reproducing grey values by reproducing pixels with specific dimensions and degrees of coverage. Use is made of a method based on error diffusion, wherein no clustering of identical pixels is the objective in edge zones while such clustering is the objective outside such zones.