摘要:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for distinguishing noisy continuous tone document types from other document types such as halftone or text, in order to maintain reliable image segmentation. In both cases a Range of Video microclassifier is added to the other microclassifiers (Sij, estimated halftone frequency, etc.) to disqualify noisy continuous tone images from being incorrectly classified as other document types such as halftone or text document types.
摘要:
A structure for implementing a plurality of two-dimensional digital filters, such as finite impulse response filters, in an efficient manner. The structure includes a plurality of first stage filters operating in a first dimension in combination with a single second stage filter, operating in a second dimension. The second stage filter being suitable for receiving output from one of the first stage filters. A controller, operating in conjunction with the first and second stage filters is utilized for controlling the operation of all filters, as well as the selection of the input source for the second stage filter.
摘要:
A system and method which enables the location and orientation of an image to be determined without introducing scanning artifacts into the rendered image. The system utilizes a separate set of sensors on a scanning bar that are sensitive to a wavelength of light outside the range of wavelengths of the typical sensors found on the scanning bar, such as red, green, or blue. Moreover, the system includes a light source which is capable of emitting the wavelength of light that is outside this range of wavelength of light. Thus, whenever the additional set of sensors detect light, the system would determine that the light was due to a scanning artifact, such as a hole, rip, or dog ear in the original document being scanned. Furthermore, the system would include a process which measures the variations of the image signal in the fastscan and slowscan directions, as well as, the gray level of the video signal from these various measurements, the system would develop a cost value as to the certainty as whether the signal represents a scanning artifact. In such a system, the backing would be embedded with a pattern which would have a predetermined variation in a fastscan direction but have little or no variation in a slowscan direction.
摘要:
A system and method electronically image process a pixel belonging to a set of digital image data with respect to a membership of the pixel in a plurality of image classes. This process uses classification to determine a membership value for the pixel for each image classes and generates an effect tag for the pixel based on the fuzzy classification determination. The pixel is image processed based on the membership vector of the pixel. The image processing may include screening and filtering. The screening process screens the pixel by generating a screen value according to a position of the pixel in the set of digital image data; generating a screen amplitude weighting value based on the values in the membership vector for the pixel; multiplying the screen value and the screen amplitude weighting value to produce a modified screen value; and adding the modified screen value to the pixel of image data. The filtering process filters the pixel by lowpass filtering the pixel; highpass filtering the pixel; non-filtering the pixel; multiplying each filtered pixel by a gain factor based on the values in the membership vector associated with the pixel; and adding the products to produce a filtered pixel of image data.
摘要:
Process and apparatus for allowing a raster input scanner with scanning array to operate asynchronously in which timing of the fixed rate shift pulses which delineate the integration period of the array is changed to maintain the shift pulses in timed synchronization with a random integration signal.
摘要:
A printing system is provided for printing an image on a substrate. The image is represented by a set of words with each word including M bits and being modulated so as to produce a single bit stream. The printing system includes a multi-phase clock generator, responsive to a clock signal with a first clock rate, for producing N phase signals and a data serializer, communicating with the multi-phase clock generator, for receiving the N phase signals and the word set. In operation, the data serializer processes each word of the word set, with the N phase signals, to produce the single bit stream, the single bit stream being outputted at a second clock rate with the second clock rate being greater than the first clock rate. The data serializer communicates with a print engine, the print engine receiving the single bit stream for imaging the image on the substrate.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for controlling the execution of image processing operations carried out on an array of image signals, the specific operations having been identified by a plurality of predefined windows. The windows are divided into a plurality of regions, the boundaries of which correspond to transitions from one window region to another. Each region defines an exclusive region within the array of image signals, and the image processing operations to be applied to the signals within the boundaries of that region. The image processing operations are selected by decoding an effect data word that is assigned to each pixel and which follows the pixel along the image processing path. The bits within the effect data word are not assigned individual significance which allows the effect data word, in most cases, to maintain the same bit length even though additional image processing procedures or modules have been added to the image processing path. The apparatus is designed to efficiently manage the identification of regions while minimizing the bit length of the effect data word used to identify the image processing steps. The apparatus also provides flexibility of architecture design resulting in more efficient expansion of functions and easier modifications to existing functions.
摘要:
A raster input scanner in which a dither generator introduces a random error signal to artificially increase the calibration signal accuracy during calibration of the scanner.
摘要:
A programmable screening circuit with memory for storing at each address location both a pixel screen value and the memory address of the screen value for the next pixel to be screened, and a control including a latch pair for separating data from each memory location addressed into a screen value for screening the pixel and an address for addressing the memory location for the next screen value.
摘要:
A platen cover for an imaging device such as a copier or scanner includes a substrate and at least of portion of the surface of the substrate is coated with a fluorescent coating. Preferably, the substrate has a dark or black color. The dark color of the substrate substantially reduces or eliminates show through of an image on the backside of an original document when the platen cover is not exposed to a light source for imaging. At the same time, when holes or uneven borders are present in the original document, the fluorescent coating fluoresces upon exposure to the light source at these regions of the original document, making these portions appear white in the replicated image and thereby substantially reducing or eliminating the unsightly appearance of these portions as black portions in the replicated image.