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Tone reproduction method and apparatus

US4701811A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 14, 1985
Grant dateOct 20, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 14, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4057
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a half-tone recording method and apparatus, half-tone expressing units, each consisting of several recording picture elements, express gradations of density in a document. The recording picture elements in the units are assigned various half-tone levels with the half tone level of at least one of the recording picture elements both increasing and decreasing as the gradation of the half-tone expressing unit increases.

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