US5019896A
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Method for forming halftone data
Assignee: Fujifilm Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1989-10-12
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Granted: 1991-05-28
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Expires: 2009-10-12
Abstract
Abstract This invention is a method for forming halftone data which is characterized in that when an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals, and the image signals are superposed with halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images which are reproducible by printing, the difference in percentage of blackened pixels between a first contact (dot matrix corner) and a second contact (dot matrix corner) in square dots is about 2% or higher. Further, this invention relates to a method for forming halftone data, which is that when an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals, and the image signals are superposed with halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images whch are reproducible by printing, the difference in dot percentage between one stage of dot where a blackened portion starts and another stage or where a whitened portion ends is about 2% or higher.
Inventors
- 👤 Osamu Shimazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 02:24
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/52
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
In a method for forming halftone data wherein an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals, and the image signals are superposed wwith halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images, comprising groups of dots whose sizes depend on density and are defined within a square dot matrix, said images being reproducible by printing, the improvement comprising: controlling the shape of the dot defined within said square dot matrix to produce a difference of about 2% or higher in percentage of blackened pixels between a first corner of at least one square dot matrix and a second corner of at least one square dot matrix.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
In a method for forming halftone data wherein an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals, and the image signals are superposed wwith halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images, comprising groups of dots whose sizes depend on density and are defined within a square dot matrix, said images being reproducible by printing, the improvement comprising: controlling the shape of the dot defined within said square dot matrix to produce a difference of about 2% or higher in percentage of blackened pixels between a first corner of at least one square dot matrix and a second corner of at least one square dot matrix.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method for forming halftone data as claimed in claim 1, wherein said difference in percentage is obtained by re-arranging data of a halftone screen signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method for forming halftone data as claimed in claim 1, wherein said difference in percentage is obtained by re-arranging data of a dither matrix.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
125 words
In method for forming halftone data wherein an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals and the image signals are superposed with halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images, comprising groups of dots whose sizes depend on density and are defined within a square dot matrix, said images being reproducible by printing, the improvement comprising: controlling the shape of the dot defined within said square dot matrix to produce a difference of about 2% or higher in percentage of blackened pixels between one stage of dot within a dot matrix where a blackened portion starts and another stage of dot within a dot matrix where a whitened portion ends.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
125 words
In method for forming halftone data wherein an original comprising color images of a continuous tone is scanned to obtain image signals and the image signals are superposed with halftone screen signals which are electrically generated in order to form multicolor separated halftone gradation images, comprising groups of dots whose sizes depend on density and are defined within a square dot matrix, said images being reproducible by printing, the improvement comprising: controlling the shape of the dot defined within said square dot matrix to produce a difference of about 2% or higher in percentage of blackened pixels between one stage of dot within a dot matrix where a blackened portion starts and another stage of dot within a dot matrix where a whitened portion ends.
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