摘要:
For reproducing a picture with a density gradient through printing, an overlapped region is provided in a high density dot reproduction range and a low density dot reproduction range. The switch-over between the high density dot at the overlapped region is conducted where the picture density sharply changes. This reduces the unfavorable perception of quality differences in a printed picture resulting from the switch-over between the high and low density dots.
摘要:
An image forming method comprises the steps of providing pattern elementary marks which provide an image pattern, controlling the size of the pattern elementary marks, and forming the pattern elementary marks substantially at equal intervals. The controlling step is such that use is made preferentially of the pattern elementary marks in an area wherein the variation in density gradient level relative to the variation in size of the pattern elementary marks is great. An apparatus for carrying out such method is provided.
摘要:
A picture-forming method comprises the steps of providing picture forming elementary particles having different optical densities; controlling the areas occupied by the respective picture forming elementary particles; and representing gradient by said different picture forming elementary particles while limiting the percentage of the gradient level area represented by the highest density elementary particle to said picture forming elementary particles to under 70% of the total area repsesented by said respective different picture forming elementary particles, thereby giving a picture which does not feel "rough". Apparatus is also disclosed for performing the method.
摘要:
A picture producing apparatus forms a picture comprising a plurality of picture elements with different light-reflecting properties providing different optical reflection densities using a plurality of dot forming units to provide dots of recording materials of different concentrations. The optical reflection density range of an entire original picture to be reproduced is determined and selecting circuitry responsive to that determination selects at least one of the dot forming units to form picture elements reproducing the original picture. The dot forming units vary the areas of the picture elements formed by the dots so as to represent in the reproduced picture the optical reflection density range of the original.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for forming a pattern in which an array duty factor of elementary pattern marks which are elements for forming a picture is no less than 0.5.
摘要:
A method for forming a color image by using a plurality of coloring materials and controlling quantities of the coloring materials in each pixel to form different colors is disclosed. When a density to be reproduced for at least one of the coloring materials exceeds a density reproducible for that coloring material, the quantities of other coloring materials are reduced.
摘要:
A method of and an apparatus for forming a color picture, which can provide sufficiently satisfactory picture quality and which can be made practicable in terms of cost and reliability utilizes colorants having a plurality of different densities with respect to at least one color among yellow, magenta and cyan provided to form a color picture. Assuming that the number of densities of each color of yellow, magenta and cyan is respectively N.sub.Y, N.sub.M and N.sub.C, the magnitude relation among them is set to be N.sub.M, N.sub.C >N.sub.Y.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus for forming an image of a partial area of an entire image frame includes an apparatus for designating a part of a frame and apparatus for selecting an image formation operation for the predetermined area designated by the designating means or an image formation operation for the entire area. The image data corresponding to the predetermined area is read out and a histogram, indicating intensity distribution, is produced corresponding thereto. A gamma conversion characteristic is determined based on a cumulative frequency distribution produced from the histogram. The image data read out is converted in accordance with the determined gamma conversion characteristic. An image is formed on the basis of the converted image data representing the predetermined part of the frame or the entire frame. In such a partial printing, the contrast or gamma characteristic of the partial image may be appropriately corrected by a correction of the gamma characteristic according to the selection of the partial area.
摘要:
There is provided a liquid jet recording apparatus comprising: recording heads whose recording densities vary in response to drive signals; drive circuits to drive the recording heads; a control circuit to output the drive signals through the drive circuits to the recording heads; and a timing pulse generator to supply a drive timing pulse for the recording heads to the drive circuits. During the recording interval, the timing pulse generator supplies the drive timing pulse even when all of or a part of the recording heads are not driven. At this time, the control circuit controls the levels of the drive signals for the recording heads which are not driven to less than the coloring threshold value of those recording heads. As a result, the multihead drive control section in the multihead recording apparatus such as a full color printer can be constituted by a simple circuit.
摘要:
An image signal processing apparatus has a color decorder for preparing a histogram for the brightness level of each color signal of an input image signal such as an NTSC signal, and an image process circuit for calculating a cumulative brightness distribution curve of the histogram and for performing gamma-correction of the input image signal in accordance with the cumulative brightness distribution curve. A CPU in the image process circuit can calculate upper and/or lower extremities of each cumulative distribution curve and perform normalization of each color signal within the range defined by the calculated upper and/or lower extremity.