Image processing method and apparatus for mosaic or similar processing therefor
US5164825A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/56
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing method and apparatus for obtaining, from an original image, a natural mosaic image or an image of neo-impressionistic effect. In this method and apparatus, image information of one pixel is converted into information of a block of plural pixels (multi-level data), and the latter information is arranged randomly in the block.
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