Patents Examined by Sterling Chandler
  • Patent number: 6129457
    Abstract: A system for providing an output from a digital printing apparatus which is of higher resolution than the native resolution of the original image data. For a given center pixel area, image data corresponding to pixel areas generally neighboring the center pixel area are attempted to be matched to various templates which are consistent with curved lines in which resolution enhancement of the center pixel would be desirable. In a second stage of template matching, a second set of image data, corresponding to pixel areas further away from the center pixel than the first set of pixel areas, is also attempted to be matched to templates. The second stage of template matching helps to avoid resolution enhancement of image data which is related to a halftone image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Thompson, Jr., Farhad D. Rostamian, Louis D. Mailloux, Cheryl A. Pence, Rosario A. Bracco, Cathleen J. Raker, Sue K. Lam, George L. Harer, Hung M. Pham, Daniel D. Truong