Distributed PWM gradation processing apparatus and printer
Abstract
Abstract Translated from Japanese (57)【要約】 【課題】 画像処理装置において、1つの閾値パターン 内で複数の網点を形成する網点ディザと、この複数の網 点間で階調を分散するPWMによる多値化を、小規模のメ モリと回路で実現することにより、高速で高密度・高階 調の階調処理を実現する 【解決手段】 入力階調値niと閾値ncの差分値Δn= ni−ncを0〜Δhの範囲内に切り詰め、Δhの下位s bitを切り捨て或いは切り上げ処理により除く。一方 で、閾値間隔がΔhの2のs乗(2^s)個の閾値パタ ーンΔh×K、Δh×K+1、...、Δh×K+2^ (s−1)を組み合わせて得られる拡張閾値パターンか ら閾値配列を生成する。 (57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an image processing device with a halftone dot dither for forming a plurality of halftone dots within one threshold pattern and a multi-value conversion by PWM for dispersing a gradation among the plurality of halftone dots. Realizing high-speed, high-density, high-gradation gradation processing by realizing with a small-scale memory and circuit. A difference Δn between an input gradation value ni and a threshold value nc = ni−nc is reduced to the range of 0 to Δh, and the lower s of Δh Bits are removed by rounding down or rounding up. On the other hand, the threshold interval Δh is the power of 2 (2 ^ s) threshold patterns Δh × K, Δh × K + 1,..., Δh × K + 2} A threshold array is generated from an extended threshold pattern obtained by combining (s-1).
Inventors
- 👤 Takeshi Shibuya
- 👤 竹志 澁谷
- 👤 Tadashi Okada
- 👤 正 岡田
- 👤 Masayuki Kanda
- 👤 昌幸 神田
- 👤 Tatsuki Inuzuka
- 👤 達基 犬塚
- 👤 Toshiaki Nakamura
- 👤 敏明 中村
- 👤 Atsushi Onose
- 👤 敦士 小野瀬
- 👤 Eiji Yoshino
- 👤 英治 吉野
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