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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2002
Applicant:
Hiroshi Nou, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroshi Nou, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K009/40 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A smoothing method extracts an evaluation window including a target pixel of a multi-value image data in which tone is represented by a multi-value in units of pixels, and judges black and white of the target pixel according to a predetermined rule, and binarizes pixel data within the evaluation window. Further, the smoothing method generates a correction value based on collating binarized pixel data within the evaluation window and a look-up table which stores patterns in vicinities of the target pixel, and outputs a multi-value correction signal in which the correction value is converted into a multi-value.