MASK PRODUCING METHOD, IMAGE OUTPUTTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM

Patent №

US 7,102,791

Granted

2006-09-05

Filed 2002

Owner

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10096823

A mask is produced for converting multi-level image data into a halftone image through comparison with a threshold for each pixel. For this purpose, a dot pattern is determined on each of predetermined gray scale levels, and, the mask is created by the dot patterns obtained at the step, where the respective dot patterns are determined independently for every gray scale level.

AI classification

Vision0.91
Evolutionary computation0.03
AI hardware0.02
Natural language0.01
Machine learning0.01
Planning0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

assignment · 130010825

Assignors

HIRANO, MASANORI, OHUCHI, SATOSHI

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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