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Image output apparatus and method

  • US 6,052,489 A
  • Filed: 11/17/1997
  • Issued: 04/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/18/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image output apparatus, comprising:

  • contour extraction means for extracting contour pixels from image data;

    outline estimation means for estimating an outline based on positions of the contour pixels; and

    smoothing signal generation means for generating a smoothing signal for a notice pixel of the image data based on a relative position of the notice pixel and the outline, the relative position being at least one of a distance from the notice pixel to the outline and a slope angle of a perpendicular line from the notice pixel to the outline, a size and a direction of the smoothing signal for the notice pixel being determined based on at least one of the distance and the slope angle.

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