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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Eugene A. Roylance, Boise, ID (US);
Inventor:
Eugene A. Roylance, Boise, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An implementation of a technology, described herein, for efficient and flexible multi-bit halftoning on a marking device, such as a printer. At least one implementation of the technology, described herein, performs multi-bit halftoning with hardware (e.g., circuitry) rather than a programmable processor. Furthermore, at least one implementation performs multi-bit halftoning for a variable number of bits per pixel and a variable resolution. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.