Patent · US Expired

Increasing the bit depth of and filtering dithered images for the purpose of inverse dithering

US6347160B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 1998
Grant dateFeb 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/20192
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for inverse dithering a dithered image using a filter selected from a set of filters arranged in a preselected order is disclosed. Upon receipt of a selected portion of a dithered image, the selected portion is up-multiplied from a first amplitude resolution to a second amplitude resolution. The up-multiplied dithered image at the second amplitude resolution is then filtered by the selected filter coefficients to generate the inverse dithered image.

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