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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Ono, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358448 ; 382254 ; 382264 ; 382269 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting image data having a plurality of pixels and representing whether each pixel is a white/black pixel, and a processing unit for performing a smoothing process for the image data to convert the input data into image data having a higher resolution than the input image data. The processing unit performs the smoothing process by performing interpolation processing for white pixels of the input image data.