Apparatus and method for descreening
US5384648A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 6, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/58
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus and method for descreening and for performing resolution changes and correction of misregistration on a color half-tone image in order to produce a color continuous tone image. The apparatus includes filter apparatus for removing screen information from the half-tone image including a plurality of different filters each providing interpolation and screen removal functions and a controller for selecting per pixel of the continuous tone image and in accordance with sensed misregistration and as a function of desired resolution changes, one of the filters for operation on a neighborhood of the pixel.
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