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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:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
May. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Victor Ostromoukhov, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Canon Information Systems, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382162 ; 358534 ; 358535 ;
Abstract
A gray component replacement method for each pixel of a continuous tone image, first obtains intermediate halftone colorant values by applying any suitable halftoning technique to continuous tone colorant values. Halftone output values at each pixel, including a black output value, are determined based on the intermediate halftone values. If desired, halftone output values can be determined based on both the intermediate halftone values and the continuous tone colorant values.