Image processing method and apparatus
US6181827A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 21, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 21, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/4052
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises an error diffusion processing section 10 for performing error diffusion processing with quantization levels of three or above on image data x(i, j) for producing an output; and a second error diffusion processing section 20 for performing error diffusion processing with quantization levels of three or above on the data outputted from the first error diffusion section 10 for outputting image data y(i, j). Quantization levels of three or above of the quantizer 22 in the error diffusion processing section 20 are determined to be desired value. Quantization levels of three or above of the quantizer 12 in the error diffusion processing section 10 are determined to be levels each between each neighboring two of the quantization levels of the quantizer 22, the minimum level of the image input data x(i, j) and the maximum level of the image input data x(i, j).
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