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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2011
Richard I. Klaus, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Richard I. Klaus, Ridgefield, WA (US);
Marvell International Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Embodiments provide a method comprising receiving a halftone image, the halftone image comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including pixel data associated with a plurality of color planes; forming a pixel group, the pixel group including (i) a target pixel and (ii) one or more pixels that are neighboring to the target pixel; generating a pixel window for the pixel group; comparing the pixel window with a plurality of candidate patterns; determining that the pixel window matches with at least one of the plurality of candidate patterns; and based on determining that the pixel window matches with at least one of the plurality of candidate patterns, performing an image processing operation on the pixel group.