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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1993
Meino Von Spreckelsen, Kronshagen, DE;
Linotype-Hell AG, Kiel, DE;
Abstract
A method for producing circular distributions, particularly color distributions on a recording medium, and which is particularly suited for employment in the field of reproduction technology. A center of concentrically arranged distributions is first determined and a spacing from the center as well as an allocated intensity or color value that is employed for recording the distribution are subsequently determined for at least one prescribable picture element on the recording medium. For determining the center-to-center spacing for a picture element, at least the center-to-center spacing of at least one neighboring picture element is evaluated and only linear transformation steps are implemented in the derivation of the center-to-center spacing for the current picture element from the center-to-center spacing of the neighboring picture element. Subsequently, the intensity or color value dependent on center is allocated to the determined center-to-center spacing. An apparatus for the implementation of the method is also provided.