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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Shiomi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358-19 ; 358534 ;
Abstract
Threshold values are generated in order to disperse isolated dots in an irregular manner when an level of an image signal is between a first signal level and a second signal level. The first signal level is a level at which one isolated dot consisting of one pixel is formed in each one-dot area including one halftone dot, and the second signal level is a level at which no isolated dot consisting of one pixel is formed in each one-dot area. The threshold values are then compared with the image signal, to generate a halftone dot signal representing halftone dots.