Image signal processing device

Claim 2

An image signal processing device comprising: means for entering digital image signals each representing an image density level of a pixel; means for detecting peak values of black and white levels in the digital image signals entered by said entering means; means for forming a digital reference signal based on differences between the detected peak values of the black level and the detected peak values of the white level; means for obtaining differences between the digital image signals entered by said entering means and the black or the white peak values detected by said detecting means and for generating a digital difference signal representative of the obtained differences; and means for comparing the digital difference signal generated by said generating means and the digital reference signal formed by said forming means with each other to produce binary coded image signals.

Claim 3

An image signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein said forming means forms the digital reference signal by means of multiplying the differences between the detected peak values of the black and white levels by a constant.

Claim 4

An image signal processing device according to claim 2, further comprising means for determining said constant relative to an image processing process.

Claim 5

An image signal processing device according to claim 3, wherein said determining means is adapted to determine said constant in response to the digital image signals entered by said entering means.

Claim 6

An image signal processing device according to claim 1, further comprising means for delaying the digital image signals entered by said entering means.

Claim 7

An image signal processing device according to claim 5, wherein said delaying means corresponding to a delay in the forming of the digital reference signal by said forming means.

Claim 8

An image signal processing device according to claim 1, wherein said detecting means has means for comparing the image density levels of successive ones of digital image signals with each other, and means for latching selected ones of the digital image signals in response to the result of said comparison by said comparing means.

Claim 9

An image signal processing device according to claim 7, wherein said comparing means comprises means for storing a predetermined number of said successive ones of the digital image signals.

Claim 10

An image signal processing device according to claim 7, wherein said selected ones of the digital image signals represent the black and the white peak values in the digital image signals.

Claim 11

An image signal processing device comprising: means for entering digital image signals each representing an image density level of a pixel; memory means containing data to be used in converting digital image signals which are above or below respective predetermined levels into respective given values; means for detecting peak values in the digital image signals entered by said entering means; means including said memory means for performing a correcting operation, based on the data contained in said memory means, so as to convert those of said peak values detected by said detecting means which are above or below said respective predetermined levels into said respective given values to produce corrected peak values; and means for processing the digital image signals entered from said entering means based on the corrected peak values wherein said processing means is adapted to convert the digital image signals entered by said entering means into binary signals.

Claim 12

An image signal processing device comprising: means for entering digital image signals each representing an image density level of a pixel; memory means containing data to be used in converting digital image signals which are above or below respective predetermined levels into respective given values; means for detecting peak values in the digital image signals entered by said entering means; means including said memory means for performing a correcting operation, based on the data contained in said memory means, so as to convert those of said peak values detected by said detecting means which are above or below said respective predetermined levels into said respective given values to produce corrected peak values; and means for processing the digital image signals entered from said entering means based on the corrected peak values wherein said processing means is adapted to convert the digital image signals entered by said entering means into binary signals.

Claim 13

An image signal processing device according to claim 10, wherein said processing means further comprises means for forming a digital reference signal for the conversion of the digital image signals into the binary signals based on the corrected peak values.

Claim 14

An image signal processing device according to claim 10, wherein said detecting means has means for comparing the image density levels of successive ones of the digital image signals entered by said entering means with each other, and means for latching selected ones of the successive ones of the digital image signals in response to the result of said comparison by said comparing means.

Claim 15

An image signal processing device according to claim 12, wherein said compairng means comprises means for storing a predetermined number of said successive ones of the digital image signals.

Claim 16

An image signal processing device according to claim 12, wherein said selected ones of the digital image signals represent black and white peak values in the digital image signals.