JP5041816B2 - 誤差を拡散する方法 - Google Patents
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predval = wa・a + wp・p,
となり、そしてそこでは、waおよびwpはそれぞれ重み付け変数である。図5に描かれているしきい値処理は、同様であるが、1×(非高アドレス可能)の場合に向けられており、そしてそれゆえ出力は、単純に単一バイナリ値である。
if (pixerr >= 0)
for all i=0,..,N
{
deltaer = pixerr
if (value at saddr[i] + deltaer> 255) deltaer = 255 -value at saddr[i]
pixerr = pixerr - deltaer
value at saddr[i] = value at saddr[i] + deltaer
}
else
for all i=0,..,N
{
deltaer = pixerr
if (value at saddr[i] + deltaer<0) deltaer = -value at saddr[i]
pixerr = pixerr - deltaer
value at saddr[i] = value at saddr[i] + deltaer
}
satsum = 0;
index=0;
if (pixerr >= 0)
{
for (i=0; i<9; i++)
{
satsum=satsum + 255 - edarray[i];
if( satsum > pixerr )
{
index = i;
break;
}
}
else
{
for (i=0; i<9; i++)
{
satsum=satsum-edarray[i];
if( satsum > pixerr )
{
index = i;
break;
}
}
}
( if (edarray[i]<=lowth for all i=0,..,9)
OR if (edarray[i]>=highth for all i=0,..,9) )
AND
if errth 1 <= pixerr <= errth2
then
pixerr=0
によって制御されるように、誤差はリセットされる。
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- 各々がグレースケール値を有する複数のピクセルを有する入力画像内の画像データの各ピクセル値の誤差を拡散する方法であって、
(A)現在処理している画素であるカレントピクセル(p)及び当該カレントピクセル(p)に隣接するピクセルである近隣ピクセル(a)のためのグレースケール値を決定すると共に、当該カレントピクセル(p)及び当該近隣ピクセル(a)のピクセル値をそれぞれ、p、aとし、当該近隣ピクセル(a)及び当該カレントピクセル(p)のピクセル値それぞれの重みを、wa、wpとして、中間予測ピクセル値(predval)を、predval=wa*a+wp*pにより計算し、
(a)カレントピクセル(p)のピクセル値および前記中間予測ピクセル値(predval)のための前記入力画像のグレースケール値をしきい値処理することにより前記カレントピクセル(p)のためのバイナリ出力を作成し、
(b)前記しきい値処理の結果、前記カレントピクセル(p)のピクセル値および前記中間予測ピクセル値(predval)に基づいてピクセル量子化誤差(pixerr)を計算し、
(c)予め規定された処理ウィンドウ内に位置するカレントピクセル(p)の複数の近隣ピクセル(a)をグレースケール値に従って順序付けし、
(d)当該複数の近隣ピクセルのサブセットが量子化誤差の符号に従って選択される、カレントピクセル(p)の複数の近隣ピクセルのサブセットに対し、カレントピクセル(p)についての可能性のある最大量の量子化誤差を、順次拡散し、
(e)誤差拡散された出力画像を生成すべく画像における各ピクセルについて(A)〜(d)を繰り返す、
方法。 - 前記画像データに基づいて、前記画像データに基づく画像の中に、グレースケール値がグレースケール値として取り得る最大値から定められた閾値よりも大きい暗領域が存在するか否か判断し、
前記画像中に前記暗領域が存在すると判断された場合にのみ、前記誤差を0にセットすること
をさらに含む請求項1に記載の方法。
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