Method for design and implementation of an image resolution enhancement
system that employs statistically generated look-up tables
    61.
    发明授权
    Method for design and implementation of an image resolution enhancement system that employs statistically generated look-up tables 失效
    用于设计和实现使用统计生成的查找表的图像分辨率增强系统的方法

    公开(公告)号:US5696845A

    公开(公告)日:1997-12-09

    申请号:US169485

    申请日:1993-12-17

    摘要: The present invention is a method and apparatus for improving the appearance of printed documents, and more specifically, to the use of a template matching process to enhance the fast-scan resolution of digital images while maintaining raster resolution for printing. The present invention uses multiple-bit per pixel, statistically generated templates, implemented using look-up tables, to improve document appearance by converting from a single-bit per pixel to N-bits per pixel, while preserving raster resolution of the printed output. The resulting N-bit per pixel image signals may be utilized to control a scanning beam where the beam varies in intensity and duration according to the pulses used to control it.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是一种用于改善打印文档的外观的方法和装置,更具体地说,涉及使用模板匹配处理来增强数字图像的快速扫描分辨率,同时保持用于打印的光栅分辨率。 本发明使用通过使用查找表实现的统计生成的模板,通过从单个位每像素转换为每像素N位,同时保持打印输出的光栅分辨率来使用多位每像素,统计生成的模板。 所得到的N位每像素图像信号可以用于控制扫描光束,其中光束根据用于控制它的脉冲的强度和持续时间而变化。

    Image resolution conversion method that employs statistically generated
multiple morphological filters
    62.
    发明授权
    Image resolution conversion method that employs statistically generated multiple morphological filters 失效
    采用统计生成的多种形态滤波器的图像分辨率转换方法

    公开(公告)号:US5579445A

    公开(公告)日:1996-11-26

    申请号:US169487

    申请日:1993-12-17

    CPC分类号: G06T3/40

    摘要: A method and apparatus for automating the design of morphological or template-based filters for print quality enhancement. A plurality of different phase, but same resolution, subsampled images are generated from training documents. Statistical data derived therefrom is then employed in an automated process to generate filters. The filters may be used for resolution enhancement and/or conversion of bitmap images. Furthermore, the statistical data is used to produce filters that are intended to not only optimize image structure, but image density as well.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于自动化用于打印质量增强的形态或基于模板的过滤器的设计的方法和装置。 从培训文件生成多个不同相位,但相同分辨率的子采样图像。 然后在自动化过程中采用从其导出的统计数据来生成过滤器。 滤波器可用于分辨率增强和/或位图图像的转换。 此外,统计数据用于产生旨在不仅优化图像结构而且图像密度的滤波器。

    Method of hybrid halftone printing by limiting the number of gray pixels
and gray pixel levels
    63.
    发明授权
    Method of hybrid halftone printing by limiting the number of gray pixels and gray pixel levels 失效
    通过限制灰度像素数量和灰度像素级别的混合半色调打印方法

    公开(公告)号:US5406379A

    公开(公告)日:1995-04-11

    申请号:US980030

    申请日:1992-11-23

    CPC分类号: H04N1/40087

    摘要: A hybrid halftone cell selection method enables selection of gray levels in halftone printing algorithms to minimize the effects of noise resulting in nonuniformities, such as, for example, halftone banding. The method requires selection of hybrid halftone cells possessing structures wherein the total number of gray pixels are limited. The number of gray pixels having any given intermediate reflectance level in any halftone cell is also limited. The cell selection method thus reduces the number of TRC gray steps to some minimum required number by eliminating the most noise sensitive cells (i.e. those cells having the highest percentage of gray level pixels). The intermediate reflectance values of the gray pixels in the selected cells are then selected to produce uniform gray steps and reduce variability in the TRC.

    摘要翻译: 混合半色调细胞选择方法使得能够在半色调打印算法中选择灰度级以最小化导致不均匀性(例如半色调条带)的噪声的影响。 该方法需要选择具有其中灰色像素总数有限的结构的混合半色调细胞。 在任何半色调单元中具有任何给定中间反射率水平的灰度像素的数量也受到限制。 因此,通过消除大多数噪声敏感小区(即具有最高百分比灰度像素的那些小区),小区选择方法将TRC灰阶的数目减少到一些最小所需数量。 然后选择所选单元格中的灰色像素的中间反射率值,以产生均匀的灰阶,并减少TRC中的变异性。

    Method for statistical generation of density preserving templates for
print enhancement
    64.
    发明授权
    Method for statistical generation of density preserving templates for print enhancement 失效
    用于印刷增强的密度保留模板的统计生成方法

    公开(公告)号:US5359423A

    公开(公告)日:1994-10-25

    申请号:US169565

    申请日:1993-12-17

    申请人: Robert P. Loce

    发明人: Robert P. Loce

    CPC分类号: G06T3/40 H04N1/40068

    摘要: The present invention is a method for automating the design of pattern matching templates used to implement a print quality enhancement filter that preserves image density More particularly, the method is directed to the use of a representative set of page description language decomposed or scanned training documents, and statistical data derived therefrom, in an automated process that generates one or more sets of template-pattern pairs that are used as filters for resolution enhancement and/or conversion of bitmap images.

    摘要翻译: 本发明是用于自动化用于实现保持图像密度的打印质量增强过滤器的图案匹配模板的设计的方法。更具体地,该方法针对使用代表性的一组页面描述语言分解或扫描的培训文档, 以及生成用作分辨率增强和/或位图图像的转换的滤波器的一组或多组模板对的自动化过程中的统计数据。

    Multi-beam scanning system compensated for banding
    66.
    发明授权
    Multi-beam scanning system compensated for banding 失效
    多波束扫描系统补偿条带

    公开(公告)号:US4989019A

    公开(公告)日:1991-01-29

    申请号:US469987

    申请日:1990-01-25

    CPC分类号: H04N1/1912 G06K15/1261

    摘要: A multi-beam laser ROS print system is described which is adapted to minimize banding in output prints. Multiple beams from a laser source are separated by a distance which causes the beam to scan consecutive lines in a non-consecutive scan; e.g., according to a particular beam interlacing sequence. It has been found that as a general proposition, banding decreases with increasing interlacing orders and, furhter, that once a print system error frequency, or another frequency of interest has been identified, there are a number of interlacing orders, each an optimum value, which can be introduced to reduce banding which would ordinarily result from the particular frequency error.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种多光束激光ROS打印系统,其适于最小化输出打印中的条纹。 来自激光源的多个光束被分开一段距离,该距离使光束以非连续扫描扫描连续的行; 例如,根据特定的光束交织序列。 已经发现,作为一般命题,条带随着交错顺序的增加而减小,并且,一旦打印系统错误频率或者其他感兴趣的频率已经被识别,则存在多个交织顺序,每个都是最佳值, 其可以被引入以减少通常由特定频率误差引起的条带。

    Printer compensated for vibration-generated scan line errors
    67.
    发明授权
    Printer compensated for vibration-generated scan line errors 失效
    打印机补偿振动产生的扫描线错误

    公开(公告)号:US4884083A

    公开(公告)日:1989-11-28

    申请号:US252618

    申请日:1988-10-03

    摘要: A printing system employing a raster output scanning device is compensated for the effects of motion of the medium upon which an image is being printed. An amplitude transmittance spatial filter is positioned either in an exit pupil of the "slow scan" optics of the system or in the first Fourier transform plane of a lens positioned between the scanning device and the recording medium. Several preferred transmittance functions are provided.

    摘要翻译: 采用光栅输出扫描装置的打印系统被补偿了打印图像的介质的运动效果。 振幅透过率空间滤波器位于系统的“慢扫描”光学器件的出射光瞳中,或者位于位于扫描装置和记录介质之间的透镜的第一傅里叶变换平面中。 提供了几种优选的透射功能。

    Short focal lens array with multi-magnification properties
    68.
    发明授权
    Short focal lens array with multi-magnification properties 失效
    具有多倍放大性能的短焦镜头阵列

    公开(公告)号:US4692015A

    公开(公告)日:1987-09-08

    申请号:US839667

    申请日:1986-03-14

    摘要: A short focal length lens array has a plurality of lenslets formed within the body of a photosensitive glass. The lenslets have areas which are oriented such that they tilt away from each other from the center out to the array edges. The lens array acts as a reduction or enlargement lens when reproducing objects at an object plane onto an image plane. A one or two row embodiment is disclosed suitable for incremental scanning of a document at image planes. A further full frame lens array is disclosed for providing full frame exposure of a document at various selected magnifications.

    摘要翻译: 短焦距透镜阵列具有形成在感光玻璃体内的多个小透镜。 小透镜具有取向为使得它们从中心向外倾斜到阵列边缘的区域。 当将物体平面上的物体再现到图像平面上时,透镜阵列用作缩小或放大透镜。 公开了一个或两个行实施例,适合于在图像平面上对文档的增量扫描。 公开了一种进一步的全帧透镜阵列,用于以各种选择的放大率提供文件的全帧曝光。

    Image corner sharpening method and system
    70.
    发明授权
    Image corner sharpening method and system 有权
    图像锐化方法和系统

    公开(公告)号:US08610963B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-12-17

    申请号:US12719931

    申请日:2010-03-09

    IPC分类号: G06T5/00

    摘要: An image processing system, apparatus and method are disclosed for corner enhancing a digital image for rendering on an image output device. According to one exemplary method, pixels associated with corner regions of the digital image are determined using a plurality of vector windows. Subsequently, one or more corner pixels are modified to sharpen the rendering of the digital image on the image output device.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种图像处理系统,装置和方法,用于角色增强用于在图像输出装置上呈现的数字图像。 根据一个示例性方法,使用多个向量窗口确定与数字图像的角区域相关联的像素。 随后,修改一个或多个角像素以锐化图像输出设备上的数字图像的渲染。