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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1994
Kenichi Sonobe, Saitama, JP;
Toshifumi Nakamura, Saitama, JP;
Takashi Okabe, Saitama, JP;
Takenori Obara, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Input image data is stored in a register matrix of 7.times.7 in a successive manner. A pattern detecting section detects a black- or white-pixel connective pattern of the reference pixels of a marked pixel. When the reference pixel pattern is a black-pixel connective pattern of 1:n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ), an enlarging/smoothing processor section interpolates a part of the enlarged marked pixel with black pixels. When it is a white-pixel connective pattern of 1:n (n=1, 2, 3, . . . ), the enlarging/smoothing processor erases a part of the enlarged marked pixel. As a result, the oblique line can be smoothed. The line that is made thick by the smoothing process can be shaped into a thin line. Thus, a high-quality image can be produced.