Image processing with smooth interpolation
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYuji Ishikawa
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus forms interpolating image data of a plurality of lines subjected to smoothing processing including original image data from the original image data. The apparatus selects and outputs image data of a predetermined number of lines corresponding to a reduction ratio from among the image data of the plurality of lines. A reduced image subjected to smoothing processing with high picture quality without loss of information of original lines is thereby obtained.
Claims17
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- input means for inputting lines of image data;
- formation means for forming second image data, of a plurality of lines, each equal in amount to data input via said input means, for each line input via said input means;
- selection means for selecting image data of a predetermined number of lines from among the image data of the plurality of lines formed by said formation means;
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- output means for outputting an image based on the image data of the predetermined number of lines selected by said selection means.
An image forming method, comprising the steps of:
- inputting lines of image data;
- forming second image data, equal in amount to data of a plurality of lines, for each line input in said inputting step;
- selecting image data of a predetermined number of lines from among the image data of the plurality of lines formed in said forming step;
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- outputting an image based on the image data of the predetermined number of lines selected in said selecting step.
An image forming apparatus for correcting original image data having a resolution i in a sub-scanning direction into image data having a resolution j (j.div.n.multidot.i) in the sub-scanning direction, said apparatus comprising:
- input means for inputting original image data having the resolution i in the sub-scanning direction of at least one line;
- formation means for forming (n-1) interpolating image data for each line of the original image data input by said input means;
- selection means for selecting k (k.ltoreq.n) image data corresponding to a reduction ratio from among the (n-1) interpolating image data and original image data of one line input by said input means;
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- output means for outputting the image data selected by said selection means with the resolution j in the sub-scanning direction as correction data.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- input means for inputting first image data;
- storing means for storing the first image data input by said input means;
- formation means for forming smoothing-processed second image data which is greater in amount than the first data, from first image data stored in said storing means;
- selection means for selecting predetermined image data in accordance with a reduction ratio of image size from among the second image data;
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- output means for outputting an image based on the image data selected by said selection means.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- inputting first image data;
- storing the first image data input in said inputting step;
- forming smoothing-processed second image data which is greater in amount than the first data, from first image data stored in said storing step;
- selecting predetermined image data in accordance with a reduction ratio of image size from among the second image data;
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- outputting an image based on the image data selected in said selecting step.
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- input means for inputting first image data;
- formation means for forming second image data which is greater in amount than the first data, from first image data input by said input means;
- selection means for selecting predetermined image data in accordance with a reduction ratio of image size from among the second image data;
- output means for outputting an image based on the image data selected by said selection means, and
- smoothing process means which carries out smoothing process in order that the image output from said output means is smoother than the input image.
An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- inputting first image data;
- forming second image data which is greater in amount than the first image data, from first image data input by said input step;
- selecting predetermined image data in accordance with a reduction ratio of image size from among the second image data;
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- outputting an image based on the image data selected in said selecting step, and
- carrying out smoothing process in order that the image output at said output step is smoother than the input image.
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