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Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003

Filed:

Nov. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Doo-Eui Hong, Kyoungki-do, KR;

Choon-Woo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Gyung-Nam Boo, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/409 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/409 ;
Abstract

A threshold modulation method, includes the steps of: a) determining whether an input pixel value is greater than a threshold of a current input pixel from the original digital image; b) determining whether an output image value is a predetermined high level or low level based on the threshold; c) if the input pixel value is greater than the threshold and the output image value is the predetermined high level, modulating the threshold of the adjacent pixel; d) if the input pixel value is greater than the threshold and the output image value is the predetermined low level, modulating the threshold of the adjacent pixel; e) if the input pixel value is not greater than the threshold and the output image value is the predetermined low level, modulating the threshold of the adjacent pixel; and f) if the input pixel value is not greater than the threshold and the output image value is the predetermined high level, modulating the threshold of the adjacent pixel.


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