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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norimasa Ariga, Fujinomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/409 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 ; H04N 1/409 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprising an edge detection circuit which detects an edge from pixel data, a pseudo-halftone processing circuit which performs pseudo-halftone processing of the pixel data and outputs pseudo-halftone data, and a data synthesis circuit which synthesizes pixel data based on the pseudo-halftone data with the pseudo-halftone data at positions corresponding to the edge which the edge detection circuit detects to output the pseudo-halftone data having pixel data at the edge positions. With the apparatus applied, a print effected with the pseudo-halftone data has a high quality outline with no jaggedness.