Interpolation methods and apparatus
US4334240A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1980 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6025
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to methods and apparatus for interpolating between coarse stored data to achieve a more accurate answer, and is particularly applicable to color scanning reprographic equipment. Color scanners (5) analyze an original to obtain digital signals (8) representing three primary color intensities. The values for the intensities of each of four printing colors, including black, are functions of all three primary color intensities, and a limited quantity of these sets of four values is stored in a three dimensional matrix (25), consisting of cubes with values at their corners. To obtain values from these coarse stored data corresponding to a point (P) within a cube, an interpolator (26) determines which one, of the three pyramids (e.g. W B G C V in FIG. 2) comprising the cube, contains the point, and interpolates within that pyramid between the values at its five vertices.
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