公开(公告)号：US20090273126A1

公开(公告)日：2009-11-05

申请号：US12500878

申请日：2009-07-10

申请人： Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： B29C45/18

CPC分类号： B29C45/1704 ,  B29C45/0053 ,  B29C45/38 ,  B29L2031/443

摘要： Gas-assisted injection molding is used to form molded parts having relatively thick cross-sections, such as a support section of a chair back and seat portion of a chair. Gas is injected into a mold cavity using the same nozzle and screw injector that injects molten resin into the mold cavity. The injected gas creates a void in the molten resin that allows a reduced amount of resin to be used to fill a mold cavity without sacrificing the integrity of the molded part.

摘要翻译： 使用气体辅助注射成型来形成具有相对较厚横截面的模制部件，例如椅子的支撑部分和椅子的座椅部分。 使用将熔融树脂注入模腔中的相同的喷嘴和螺杆注射器将气体注入模腔中。 注入的气体在熔融树脂中产生空隙，这允许减少量的树脂用于填充模腔而不牺牲模制件的完整性。

公开(公告)号：US5360968A

公开(公告)日：1994-11-01

申请号：US822237

申请日：1992-01-17

申请人： Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G11B7/0033 ,  G11B7/005 ,  G11B20/10 ,  G06K7/10

CPC分类号： G11B20/10 ,  G06T1/20 ,  G11B7/0033 ,  G11B7/005

摘要： Image processing systems and methods for retrieving digital data stored in a plurality of contiguous data cells on photographic film. An image sensor samples the image data at a plurality of pixel positions in each of the data cells and generates grayscale image data that is processed into a one-dimensional stream of binary pixels. A data sampling system processes the binary pixels by first selecting those binary pixels that correspond to the data cell centers. Then, a digital output signal is constructed from the selected pixels to represent the original data stored on the film. The stream of binary pixels are read in series. In particular, transitions, detected in the stream of binary pixels, are used to periodically estimate the data cell pitch and the transition phase. A plurality of, e.g. N, suggested distances from the current pixel to the next sampling point are located using the transition phases of the most recent N transitions. A preferred sampling phase is determined through a histogram to find a consensus among the N suggested distances. The digital output signal is constructed from those pixels that occur at the preferred sampling phase.

摘要翻译： 用于检索存储在摄影胶片上的多个连续数据单元中的数字数据的图像处理系统和方法。 图像传感器在每个数据单元中的多个像素位置处对图像数据进行采样，并生成被处理为二维像素的一维流的灰度图像数据。 数据采样系统通过首先选择对应于数据单元中心的二进制像素来处理二进制像素。 然后，从所选择的像素构造数字输出信号，以表示电影上存储的原始数据。 二进制像素流串联读取。 特别地，在二进制像素流中检测到的转换被用于周期性地估计数据信元间距和转换阶段。 多个，例如。 N，使用最近的N个转换的转换阶段来定位与当前像素到下一个采样点的距离。 通过直方图确定优选的采样阶段以在N个建议的距离之间找到一致。 数字输出信号由在优选采样阶段发生的像素构成。

公开(公告)号：US5124726A

公开(公告)日：1992-06-23

申请号：US451897

申请日：1989-12-18

申请人： Roger A. Morton ,  Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Roger A. Morton ,  Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： G06K15/12 ,  H04N1/405

CPC分类号： H04N1/4056 ,  G06K15/1247

摘要： In a non-impact printer apparatus, such as an LED printer, multiple bits of image data determining the on-time of each LED for generating a grey level pixel are latched into an appropriate data register from a data bus in accordance with a token bit that is passed along a shift register. The data register for each LED comprises a series of cascaded registers coupled as a ripple counter. Each of these registers stores a respective binary weighted data bit. In response to a clock signal at one of the clock inputs of one register the counter effectively counts down to a zero output condition and thereby directly controls LED enablement time.

摘要翻译： 在诸如LED打印机的非冲击打印机设备中，确定用于产生灰度级像素的每个LED的导通时间的多位图像数据根据令牌位被从数据总线锁存到适当的数据寄存器中 这是沿着移位寄存器传递的。 每个LED的数据寄存器包括一系列级联寄存器，其作为纹波计数器耦合。 这些寄存器中的每一个存储相应的二进制加权数据位。 响应于一个寄存器的时钟输入之一的时钟信号，计数器有效地倒计数到零输出状态，从而直接控制LED启用时间。

公开(公告)号：US07679786B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-16

申请号：US11470618

申请日：2006-09-06

申请人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Gregory J. Wolfe

发明人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Gregory J. Wolfe

IPC分类号： H04N1/40

CPC分类号： H04N1/4074 ,  H04N1/62

摘要： A method and apparatus for adjusting a color in an image to a desired color value is described, wherein the method includes identifying at least a first portion of the image including the color to be adjusted; analyzing the first portion to determine a representative color value; determining a color adjustment parameter to adjust the representative color value to the desired color value; and applying the color adjustment parameter to at least the first portion of the image. The method can further include performing a desaturation of the first portion of the image before analyzing to determine a color value, and resaturating the color value; identifying at least a second portion of the image having a color value extreme to determine a color value representative of the color value extreme, and using the second portion color value in determining the color adjustment parameter; or a combination thereof.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于将图像中的颜色调整到所需颜色值的方法和装置，其中所述方法包括识别包括要调节的颜色的图像的至少第一部分; 分析第一部分以确定代表性颜色值; 确定颜色调整参数以将所述代表性颜色值调整到所需颜色值; 以及将颜色调整参数应用于图像的至少第一部分。 该方法可以进一步包括在分析之前执行图像的第一部分的去饱和以确定颜色值，并使颜色值再次变色; 识别具有极值的颜色值的图像的至少第二部分，以确定表示颜色值极值的颜色值，以及在确定颜色调整参数时使用第二部分颜色值; 或其组合。

公开(公告)号：US20080055616A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-06

申请号：US11470618

申请日：2006-09-06

申请人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Gregory J. Wolfe

发明人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Gregory J. Wolfe

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/4074 ,  H04N1/62

摘要： A method and apparatus for adjusting a color in an image to a desired color value is described, wherein the method includes identifying at least a first portion of the image including the color to be adjusted; analyzing the first portion to determine a representative color value; determining a color adjustment parameter to adjust the representative color value to the desired color value; and applying the color adjustment parameter to at least the first portion of the image. The method can further include performing a desaturation of the first portion of the image before analyzing determine a color value, and resaturating the color value; identifying at least a second portion of the image having a color value extreme to determine a color value representative of the color value extreme, and using the second portion color value in determining the color adjustment parameter; or a combination thereof.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种用于将图像中的颜色调整到所需颜色值的方法和装置，其中所述方法包括识别包括要调节的颜色的图像的至少第一部分; 分析第一部分以确定代表性颜色值; 确定颜色调整参数以将所述代表性颜色值调整到所需颜色值; 以及将颜色调整参数应用于图像的至少第一部分。 该方法可以进一步包括在分析之前执行图像的第一部分的去饱和确定颜色值，并且使颜色值再次变色; 识别具有极值的颜色值的图像的至少第二部分，以确定表示颜色值极值的颜色值，以及在确定颜色调整参数时使用第二部分颜色值; 或其组合。

公开(公告)号：US5313533A

公开(公告)日：1994-05-17

申请号：US125081

申请日：1993-09-21

申请人： Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： H04N1/403 ,  G06K9/38

CPC分类号： H04N1/403

摘要： A bidirectional adaptive thresholding technique for use in an image processing system. An array of pixel sensors scans a grayscale image and generates a set of grayscale image data. A buffer storage connected to the sensors stores the grayscale image data. A forward tracker reads the image data from the buffer storage in a forward direction and provides background and peak forward tracked values. A reverse tracker reads the image data in a reverse direction and provides background and peak reverse tracked values. A threshold level generating circuit generates a threshold level that is a proportional function of either the forward or reverse tracked values based on validity criteria. Thereafter, a thresholding circuit thresholds the grayscale image data using the threshold level to provide binary image data.

摘要翻译： 一种用于图像处理系统的双向自适应阈值技术。 一系列像素传感器扫描灰度图像并生成一组灰度图像数据。 连接到传感器的缓冲存储器存储灰度图像数据。 前向跟踪器以正向方式从缓冲存储器读取图像数据，并提供背景和峰值向前跟踪值。 反向跟踪器以相反方向读取图像数据，并提供背景和峰值反向跟踪值。 阈值电平产生电路根据有效性标准产生作为正向或反向跟踪值的比例函数的阈值电平。 此后，阈值电路使用阈值电平对灰度图像数据进行阈值以提供二进制图像数据。

公开(公告)号：US5097518A

公开(公告)日：1992-03-17

申请号：US486646

申请日：1990-02-27

申请人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Mark Knudson

发明人： Kevin C. Scott ,  Mark Knudson

IPC分类号： G06F3/153 ,  G06T3/40 ,  G09G5/36 ,  H04N1/393

CPC分类号： G06T3/4023

摘要： Apparatus and accompanying method(s) for digitally scaling, particularly reducing, an original image to yield a scaled image particularly suited for display by a document workstation in an image management system as one image in a composite multi-image display. Reduction scaling is achieved by logically combining pixels values in each block of pixels in an original bi-tonal image, preferably through an "OR" operation, in order to generate a corresponding single pixel value in a scaled bi-tonal image. To reduce the original image by a non-integer scale factor, the pixel blocks that form the original image are assigned differing groupsizes that periodically vary on a two-dimensional pattern from block to block throughout the original image. The average value of the periodic variation occurring in each direction throughout a sufficiently large two-dimensional area in the original image substantially equals the fractional portion of the non-integer scale factor. If integer scaling is desired in either the horizontal or vertical direction, then the groupsize remains the same along that direction from block to block throughout the original image. Alternatively, to digitally enlarge (magnify) an original bi-tonal image, each pixel in the original image is replicated to form a corresponding block of pixels in a destination (enlarged) image. In order to two-dimensionally magnify the source image by non-integer scale factors in both the horizontal and vertical directions, the groupsize of successive pixel blocks in the destination image is appropriately varied, also through a corresponding two-dimensional pattern. The groupsize remains fixed along either direction if the original image is to be magnified along that direction by an integer scale factor.

摘要翻译： 用于数字缩放，特别是降低原始图像以产生特别适合于图像管理系统中的文档工作站作为复合多图像显示器中的一个图像显示的缩放图像的装置和相关方法。 通过逻辑地组合原始双色调图像中的每个像素块中的像素值，优选地通过“或”操作来实现缩小缩放，以便在缩放的双色调图像中生成相应的单个像素值。 为了通过非整数比例因子减少原始图像，形成原始图像的像素块被分配在整个原始图像中在二维图案上从块到块周期性地变化的不同组。 在原始图像中在整个足够大的二维区域中在每个方向上发生的周期性变化的平均值基本上等于非整数比例因子的分数部分。 如果在水平方向或垂直方向都需要整数缩放，则整个原始图像的分组在整个方向上保持相同的方向。 或者，为了数字地放大（放大）原始双色调图像，原始图像中的每个像素被复制以形成目的地（放大）图像中的对应的像素块。 为了在水平方向和垂直方向二维放大源图像的非整数比例因子，目标图像中连续像素块的组化也通过相应的二维图案适当变化。 如果要沿着该方向放大原始图像一个整数比例因子，则群组化沿着任一方向保持固定。

公开(公告)号：US5949967A

公开(公告)日：1999-09-07

申请号：US989557

申请日：1997-12-12

申请人： Kevin E. Spaulding ,  Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin E. Spaulding ,  Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： H04N1/60 ,  G06F15/00

CPC分类号： H04N1/6058 ,  H04N1/6033

摘要： A method for transforming input color values to device control signals for a color printing device having an output response that is approximately invariant for ranges of the device control signals near the maximum or minimum allowable device control signals, wherein the input color values are transformed into the device control signals that are to be used to reproduce the input color values is disclosed. The method includes determining color reproduction characteristics for the color printing device over an allowable range of input signal values; determining a full color gamut for the color printing device describing a full range of color values that can be produced by the color printing device; creating a reduced color gamut by shrinking the full color gamut; and transforming the input color values to the device control signals using the determined color reproduction characteristics of the color printing device, wherein the input color values that are outside the reduced color gamut are mapped to color values that are on or within the reduced color gamut.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将输入颜色值变换为用于彩色打印装置的装置控制信号的方法，所述彩色打印装置的输出响应对于最大或最小允许装置控制信号附近的装置控制信号的范围近似不变，其中输入的颜色值被变换为 公开了要用于再现输入颜色值的设备控制信号。 该方法包括：在输入信号值的允许范围内确定彩色打印装置的色彩再现特性; 确定彩色打印装置的全色域，描述可由彩色打印装置产生的全部颜色值范围; 通过缩小全色域来产生降低的色域; 以及使用所确定的彩色打印设备的颜色再现特性将输入颜色值转换为设备控制信号，其中在缩小色域之外的输入颜色值被映射到在缩小色域之上或之内的颜色值。

公开(公告)号：US5113455A

公开(公告)日：1992-05-12

申请号：US486645

申请日：1990-02-27

申请人： Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： G06T3/40

CPC分类号： G06T3/40

摘要： Apparatus and accompanying method(s) digitally scaling, particularly reducing, an original image to yield a scaled image particularly suited for display by a document workstation in an image management system as one image in a composite multi-image display. Reduction scaling is achieved by mapping source pixels into destination pixels. Specifically, a reduced image is produced by moving through a source image by increments of a single full pixel with corresponding movement through a destination image in fractional movements in order to define corresponding pairs of pixel coordinate addresses in both images, i.e. one pixel coordinate address in the original image and a corresponding pixel coordinate address in the enlarged image. Once a pair of these addresses is defined, a current pixel in the enlarged image is set to the value of its corresponding pixel in the source image, with both of these pixels being defined by the integer values of their associated coordinate addresses. To digitally enlarge (magnify) the source image, incremental movement occurs on a pixel-by-pixel basis, both horizontally and vertically, in an enlarged image with fractional movement, in either both directions depending upon the desired scale factors, occurring in the source image. Given these incremental movements, the pixel values that occur at successive integer pixel coordinate addresses in the source image are merely copied, i.e. replicated, rather than mapped into corresponding integer pixel coordinate locations in the enlarged image.

摘要翻译： 设备和相关方法数字缩放，特别是减小原始图像，以产生特别适合于由图像管理系统中的文档工作站显示的缩放图像，作为复合多图像显示器中的一个图像。 通过将源像素映射到目标像素来实现缩小缩放。 具体地说，通过以分数运动通过目标图像的相应移动的单个全像素的增量移动源图像来产生缩小的图像，以便在两个图像中定义相应的像素坐标地址对，即一个像素坐标地址 原始图像和放大图像中的对应像素坐标地址。 一旦定义了一对这些地址，则放大图像中的当前像素被设置为源图像中其对应像素的值，其中这两个像素由它们相关联的坐标地址的整数值定义。 为了对源图像进行数字放大（放大），增量运动在逐个像素的基础上，在水平和垂直方向上，在具有分数运动的放大图像中，根据期望的比例因子在两个方向上发生，源于源 图片。 给定这些增量运动，源图像中连续的整数像素坐标地址处出现的像素值仅被复制，即被复制，而不是映射到放大图像中的对应整数像素坐标位置。

公开(公告)号：US5377041A

公开(公告)日：1994-12-27

申请号：US143674

申请日：1993-10-27

申请人： Kevin E. Spaulding ,  Kevin C. Scott

发明人： Kevin E. Spaulding ,  Kevin C. Scott

IPC分类号： G06T1/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  H04N1/46 ,  H04N1/60 ,  H04N1/64

CPC分类号： H04N1/648 ,  H04N1/6019

摘要： This invention minimizes the visibility of quantization artifacts associated with multi-dimensional color-calibration look-up tables of a limited size. Such artifacts occur when it is not practical to use interpolation methods to approximate color values which are intermediate to the color values stored in the look-up table. In such cases the input color signals are simply quantized for the purpose of addressing the look-up table. This invention works by applying local mean preserving spatial modulation to the input color image values prior to the quantization step. As with multi-level halftoning techniques, the result is that the appearance of intermediate color values is created because the observer will spatially average the output color values.

摘要翻译： 本发明使与有限尺寸的多维颜色校准查找表相关联的量化伪像的可见性最小化。 当使用插值方法来近似在存储在查找表中的颜色值的中间的颜色值是不实际的时候，会发生这种伪像。 在这种情况下，为了寻址查找表的目的，输入颜色信号被简单量化。 本发明通过在量化步骤之前对输入的彩色图像值应用局部平均维持空间调制来工作。 与多级半色调技术一样，结果是创建中间色彩值的外观，因为观察者将在空间上平均输出颜色值。