KR100318033B1 - 공간광변조기들을사용한그레이스케일프린팅 - Google Patents

공간광변조기들을사용한그레이스케일프린팅 Download PDF

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KR100318033B1
KR100318033B1 KR1019940006206A KR19940006206A KR100318033B1 KR 100318033 B1 KR100318033 B1 KR 100318033B1 KR 1019940006206 A KR1019940006206 A KR 1019940006206A KR 19940006206 A KR19940006206 A KR 19940006206A KR 100318033 B1 KR100318033 B1 KR 100318033B1
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윌리엄이.넬슨
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H04N1/405—Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels
    • H04N1/4055—Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels producing a clustered dots or a size modulated halftone pattern
    • H04N1/4056—Halftoning, i.e. converting the picture signal of a continuous-tone original into a corresponding signal showing only two levels producing a clustered dots or a size modulated halftone pattern the pattern varying in one dimension only, e.g. dash length, pulse width modulation [PWM]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
    • H04N1/40—Picture signal circuits
    • H04N1/40025—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales
    • H04N1/40031—Circuits exciting or modulating particular heads for reproducing continuous tone value scales for a plurality of reproducing elements simultaneously

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KR1019940006206A 1993-03-29 1994-03-28 공간광변조기들을사용한그레이스케일프린팅 Expired - Fee Related KR100318033B1 (ko)

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