Image processing method, image processing apparatus and recording medium
US6977757B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 2, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/4052
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing method of quantizing multi-tone image data by an error diffusion method, includes the steps of a) detecting change of the image data; and b) oscillating cyclically in image space a threshold for the quantization in an oscillation range controlled according to the detection result of the step a).
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