Method and apparatus for determining error diffusion coefficients

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for determining error diffusion coefficients. The method includes: (a) setting N groups of error diffusion coefficients (N is a positive integer), in which each group includes a plurality of coefficients; (b) binarizing an image having one gray level value using each of the N groups of error diffusion coefficients; (c) detecting N fit values with respect to N binary-coded images using an evaluation function; (d) determining whether the fit values are detected a predetermined number of times; (e) when a detection number of the fit values does not coincide with the predetermined number of times, reproducing the N groups of error diffusion coefficients according to reproduction rates determined by the N fit values; (f) selecting optional error diffusion coefficients in the reproduced N groups of error diffusion coefficients, and substituting portions of data of selected error diffusion coefficients with each other; and (g) determining the N groups of error diffusion coefficients including the error diffusion coefficients containing substituted data as new error diffusion coefficients, and returning to step (b).