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Apparatus for preparing output data from input image data, using basic output-image unit pattern data

US5088050A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 11, 1990
Grant dateFeb 11, 1992
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Expiry dateJul 11, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T17/00
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for preparing output data representative of an output image consisting of output image segments each defined by output picture elements such that each output image segments corresponds to each input picture element. The apparatus includes a pattern data memory for storing at least one set of basic output-image unit pattern data each representative of a basic pattern of position of output picture elements defining a basic output image area, and a device for preparing the output data for each output image segment whose pattern of positions of output picture elements is identical with the basic pattern represented by any set of basic output-image unit pattern data stored in the memory. The output data are prepared based on the appropriate set of unit pattern data, without determining the positions of the output picture elements lying within the outline of that output image segment obtained from the corresponding input picture element.

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