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Method for generating a halftone of a source image

USRE43149E1 · kind E1 · reissue

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2008
Grant dateJan 31, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2028

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In one aspect of the present invention, a method is provided for producing a halftone of a source image. The halftone includes halftone pixels. The halftone pixels are suitable for containing halftone dots. The method selects glyphs corresponding to intensities of regions (e.g., pixels) in the source image. The glyphs contain one or more halftone dots. The method locates halftone dots within the halftone pixels such that for at least one pair of halftone dots contained within a pair of halftone pixels sharing a common boundary, the halftone dots in the pair of halftone pixels extend in opposite directions from the common boundary.

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