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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2006
Applicants:
Takeshi Miyashita, Nagano, JP;
Hironori Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Miyashita, Nagano, JP;
Hironori Kobayashi, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 1/393 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To generate the pixel value of one interpolation point from the pixel values of the four original pixels in the surroundings of the interpolation point, when the pixel values of the four involve a predetermined density difference, a printer uses the corrected inverse distance value in place of the inverse distance value found according to general bilinear interpolation.