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Method of and apparatus for enlarging/reducing two-dimensional images

US4809345A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 29, 1986
Grant dateFeb 28, 1989
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Expiry dateAug 29, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/3935
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method of and apparatus for converting a first two-dimensional image on first column direction and row direction scales to a second two-dimensional image on second column direction and row direction scales at a high speed, in which use is made of the periodicity of the positional relation between the image elements of the first image arranged in matrix and having various data values and the image elements of the second image arranged in matrix and having various data values to determine, for each one of the second image elements, four second image elements lying on the intersections between two adjacent rows and two adjacent columns in the first image element matrix which rows and columns surround the second image element and constitute a reference from for the second image element, and in which the data value for each second image element is calculated on the basis of the data values of the four first image elements associated with the first image element and the vertical and horizontal coordinates within the reference frame. Both of the above-mentioned periodicity and the coordinates are defined in terms of the ratios between the first and second scales for the first and second t…

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