Multicolor and mixed-mode halftoning
    1.
    发明授权
    Multicolor and mixed-mode halftoning 失效
    多色和混合模式半色调

    公开(公告)号:US5963714A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-05

    申请号:US887529

    申请日:1997-07-03

    CPC分类号: H04N1/52 H04N1/40087

    摘要: A printer driver operates a printer capable of multiple dot-placement geometries or resolutions and multiple inks per color channel. It maps a continuous-tone cyan pixel-component value to continuous-tone light- and dark-cyan values, which it separately halftones to respective binary pixel values that respectively indicate whether an associated pixel will receive light- and dark-cyan ink dots. It similarly generates binary values that respectively indicate whether an associated pixel will receive light- and dark-magenta ink dots. In performing the halftoning, the driver separately performs error diffusion through different interleaved sub-images of the image to be printed so that the error-diffusion process is performed for images whose pixel geometry is that for which the process was designed even though the overall image's pixel geometry is not. The result is a modular, scaleable architecture, in which designs for one ink per channel and/or one dot-placement geometry can be adapted with minimal design effort to multiple inks and dot-placement geometries.

    摘要翻译: 一台打印机驱动程序可以操作一种能够在每个颜色通道上具有多个点位置几何形状或分辨率以及多种墨水的打印机。 它将连续色调的青色像素分量值映射到连续色调深色和深蓝色值,它们分别将色调分离成相应的二进制像素值,分别指示相关像素是否将接收浅蓝色和深蓝色墨点。 它类似地产生分别指示相关联的像素是否将接收浅和深红色墨点的二进制值。 在执行半色调时,驱动程序通过不同的待打印图像的交错子图单独执行误差扩散,从而对其像素几何形状进行错误扩散处理,即使整个图像的 像素几何不是。 结果是一个模块化的可扩展架构,其中每个通道一个墨水和/或一个点位置几何的设计可以以最小的设计努力适应多种墨水和点布置几何。

    Information embedding in document copies
    2.
    发明授权
    Information embedding in document copies 有权
    信息嵌入到文档副本中

    公开(公告)号:US06456393B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-24

    申请号:US09136161

    申请日:1998-08-18

    IPC分类号: G06F312

    摘要: A photocopier (10) scans a document and so modifies the resultant image as to embed in a resultant copy information that is visually imperceptible. To do so, it identifies regions (32, 33) that consist primarily of text-character parts. It embeds a message bitstream by selectively darkening the text pixels in such regions in accordance with the values of successive bits in the bitstream.

    摘要翻译: 复印机(10)扫描文件,因此修改所得到的图像以嵌入视觉上不可察觉的结果副本信息。 为此,它识别主要由文本字符部分组成的区域(32,33)。 通过根据比特流中连续比特的值选择性地使这些区域中的文本像素变暗来嵌入消息比特流。

    Text enhancement for color and gray-scale documents
    3.
    发明授权
    Text enhancement for color and gray-scale documents 有权
    彩色和灰度文件的文本增强

    公开(公告)号:US06227725B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-05-08

    申请号:US09135871

    申请日:1998-08-18

    IPC分类号: G06K1502

    摘要: A scanner (12) of a photocopier system scans a document and generates output image signals that an image-processing circuit (14) processes in such a manner as to enhance text-region legibility, and a laser printer (16) generates the output copy in accordance with the resultant image. The image-processing circuitry (14) identifies dark, low-saturation pixels in the input image whose gradients are low but that border high-gradient pixels, and it sets these pixels to the blackest values, thus emphasizing text edges. With the remaining pixels, it reduces bright-region contrast, and this tends to suppress the visibility of text that has “bled through” from the document's reverse side or from documents disposed behind it.

    摘要翻译: 复印机系统的扫描器(12)扫描文件并产生图像处理电路(14)以增强文本区域易读性的方式处理的输出图像信号,并且激光打印机(16)产生输出副本 根据所得图像。 图像处理电路(14)识别输入图像中的灰度较低,饱和度低的像素,其渐变低,但是边界高梯度像素,并且将这些像素设置为最黑的值,从而强调文本边缘。 对于剩余的像素,它可以减少亮度区域的对比度,这样可能会抑制从文档背面或从背后放置的文档中“流血”出来的文本的可见性。

    System and method for detecting the black and white points of a color
image
    4.
    发明授权
    System and method for detecting the black and white points of a color image 失效
    用于检测彩色图像的黑点和白点的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US6038340A

    公开(公告)日:2000-03-14

    申请号:US747069

    申请日:1996-11-08

    CPC分类号: G06K9/38 H04N1/46 H04N1/56

    摘要: A system for detecting image black and white points for a digital image. The system includes image partitioning routines for partitioning a digital image into image blocks, a pixel counter for determining whether the image block contains sufficient black and white pixels to classify the block as having relatively black text on a relatively white background, block validity testing routines for determining whether the selected image block is valid by determining whether the number of relatively black pixels for the selected image block is greater than a predetermined black threshold and whether the number of relatively white pixels for the selected image block is greater than a predetermined white threshold, and pixel clustering routines for arranging the relatively black pixels of a valid block into black clusters and the relatively white pixels of a valid block into white clusters and for assigning one of the black cluster centroids based on a first predetermined set of rules as the image black point and one of the white cluster centroids based on a second predetermined set of rules as the image white point.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测数字图像的黑白点的系统。 该系统包括用于将数字图像分割成图像块的图像分割程序,用于确定图像块是否包含足够的黑色和白色像素以将块分类为在相对白色背景上具有相对黑色文本的像素计数器,用于 通过确定所选择的图像块的相对黑色像素的数目是否大于预定的黑色阈值以及所选择的图像块的相对白色像素的数量是否大于预定的白色阈值来确定所选择的图像块是否有效, 以及用于将有效块的相对黑色像素布置成黑色群集并将有效块的相对白色像素布置成白色群集并基于第一预定规则集合分配黑色群集质心之一的像素聚类例程作为图像黑色 点和基于第二个的白色聚类中心之一 预定的规则集作为图像白点。

    Color-based feature identification
    5.
    发明授权
    Color-based feature identification 有权
    基于颜色的特征识别

    公开(公告)号:US08197070B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-12

    申请号:US12329099

    申请日:2008-12-05

    IPC分类号: G03B21/00

    摘要: Disclosed are embodiments of systems and methods for identifying features using color information in an image. The image may be formed from one or more display images comprising color information and features or feature components. Because color information may be used to identify features, more than one feature or feature component may be displayed in a display image. Because a plurality of features may be identified in a calibration image, an image system, such as a projector-camera system, can reduce the number of display images needed to calibrate the system.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于使用图像中的颜色信息来识别特征的系统和方法的实施例。 图像可以由包括颜色信息和特征或特征组件的一个或多个显示图像形成。 由于可以使用颜色信息来识别特征,所以可以在显示图像中显示多于一个的特征或特征成分。 由于可以在校准图像中识别多个特征,诸如投影仪 - 照相机系统的图像系统可以减少校准系统所需的显示图像的数量。

    Reducing compression artifacts in multi-layer images
    6.
    发明授权
    Reducing compression artifacts in multi-layer images 有权
    减少多层图像中的压缩伪影

    公开(公告)号:US07991229B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-02

    申请号:US11846343

    申请日:2007-08-28

    IPC分类号: G06K9/34 G06K9/46 G06K9/42

    CPC分类号: H04N1/41 H04N1/40062 H04N1/64

    摘要: Disclosed are embodiments of systems, devices, and methods to reduce compression artifacts in multi-layer images. Pixel dilation operations, such as morphological dilations, are performed to identify unlabeled pixels at boundaries between layers, and the colors of those pixels are adjusted to mitigate formation of artifacts during layer compression.

    摘要翻译: 公开了减少多层图像中的压缩伪影的系统,装置和方法的实施例。 执行诸如形态学扩张的像素扩张操作以识别层之间边界处的未标记像素,并且调整那些像素的颜色以减轻层压缩期间的伪像的形成。

    Smart copying for variable cost, editable printouts
    7.
    发明授权
    Smart copying for variable cost, editable printouts 失效
    灵活复制可变成本,可编辑打印输出

    公开(公告)号:US07428076B2

    公开(公告)日:2008-09-23

    申请号:US10909456

    申请日:2004-08-02

    IPC分类号: G06K15/00

    摘要: Smart printing/copying techniques for controlling the printing/copying and editing of a document based on document-descriptive and control information embedded in the printed output. These “smart” printing/copying techniques and controls allow a document user to control printing/copying costs by making tradeoffs with respect to quality and speed based on the embedded data. Such costs may be controlled, for example, by initially printing low cost (low quality, high speed) pages for distribution, while giving subsequent recipients of the document the option of making high quality (higher cost, possibly slower) copies of any or all of the pages in the document, if desired. With these features, a user is able to obtain high quality copies from low quality originals. The techniques of the present invention also allow a recipient to edit page content prior to reprinting, without loss of print output quality.

    摘要翻译: 基于嵌入在打印输出中的文档描述和控制信息来控制文档的打印/复制和编辑的智能打印/复印技术。 这些“智能”打印/复印技术和控件允许文档用户通过基于嵌入数据相对于质量和速度进行权衡来控制打印/复印成本。 这样的成本可以通过例如初始印刷低成本(低质量,高速)页面进行分发来控制,同时给予文档的后续接收者可以选择将任何或全部的高质量(较高成本,可能更慢)的副本 如果需要,文档中的页面。 通过这些功能,用户能够从低质量的原件获得高质量的副本。 本发明的技术还允许接收者在重新打印之前编辑页面内容,而不损失打印输出质量。

    Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval Methods for Surround Video Synthesis
    8.
    发明申请
    Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval Methods for Surround Video Synthesis 审中-公开
    基于内容的索引和环境视频综合检索方法

    公开(公告)号:US20070141545A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-21

    申请号:US11461407

    申请日:2006-07-31

    IPC分类号: G09B25/00

    摘要: Systems and methods for synthesizing a surround visual field of image related to an input image are described. In one embodiment, the surround visual field is displayed in an area partially surrounding or surrounding an input image being displayed. In an embodiment, this surround visual field may comprise a plurality of images selected from a database of still images and/or video images based upon a characteristic or characteristics that relate to the displayed input image.

    摘要翻译: 描述用于合成与输入图像相关的图像的环视视域的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中,环绕视野被显示在部分地围绕或围绕正在显示的输入图像的区域中。 在一个实施例中,该环绕视野可以包括基于与显示的输入图像相关的特征或特征从静止图像和/或视频图像的数据库中选择的多个图像。

    Fast text/graphics resolution improvement with chain-code table look-up
    9.
    发明授权
    Fast text/graphics resolution improvement with chain-code table look-up 失效
    使用链码表查找快速的文本/图形分辨率改进

    公开(公告)号:US06927780B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-09

    申请号:US10047326

    申请日:2002-01-14

    摘要: A fast text/graphics resolution improvement algorithm is based on boundary parameterization and uses chain-code table look-up. Given an input representation containing text/graphics objects, the boundary of each object is traced, parameterized, smoothed, and subsequently rendered. Instructions for the critical operations are stored in one or more pre-computed look-up tables (LUTs) which is/are accessed during on-line operation, resulting in an algorithm that is fast and computationally inexpensive with low memory requirements. A very flexible framework is presented which can be utilized in a variety of applications requiring resolution improvement.

    摘要翻译: 快速的文本/图形分辨率改进算法基于边界参数化,并使用链码表查找。 给定包含文本/图形对象的输入表示,跟踪,参数化,平滑化和随后呈现每个对象的边界。 关键操作的指令存储在一个或多个在线操作期间被访问的预先计算的查找表(LUT)中,导致算法在低存储器要求下快速且计算上便宜。 提出了一个非常灵活的框架,可以在需要分辨率改进的各种应用中使用。