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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nobuhito Matsushiro, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Data Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 ;
Abstract
When image data are processed to generate pseudo-tone patterns, a predetermined threshold is modified according to at least two periodic functions with different spatial periods. The picture elements are compared with the modified threshold, and the comparison results are used to generate an output image. The periodic threshold modifications cause dots to appear preferentially in regular patterns, thereby reducing dot noise, and providing improved control over the overlaying of dot patterns in different color planes in a color image.