Patent · US Expired

Method of scaling an image capable of line width preservation

US5539534A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 1, 1993
Grant dateJul 23, 1996
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/40
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In scaling an image, a projected position is corrected in accordance with pixel values of original pixels surrounding a projected position where a pixel of a scaled image is projected onto an original image, and a pixel value of a pixel of a scaled image is determined in accordance with pixel values of original pixels surrounding a projected position after correction. Further, when a pixel of an original image is processed with a pixel run as a unit, coordinates of an end pixel of a pixel run in a scaled image are corrected based on the width of the pixel run and a scale factor.

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