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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Panagiotis Takis Metaxas, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 ;
Abstract
A system is disclosed for error diffusion dithering. The system includes an input for receiving an input matrix representative of image data, and a plurality of processors. The plurality of processors processes the input matrix and provides output data. Each of the processors is in communication with at least a portion of the input matrix. At least one processor processes a portion of the input matrix defined at least in part by a substantially diagonal edge within the image matrix.