Image data adjusting device and method

• US 6,507,677 B2
• Filed: 08/21/2001
• Issued: 01/14/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: Ito, Kazuhiko, Miura, Hideki, Urasawa, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Phuoc
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHERALI, ISHRAT I
• Application Number:
  US09/934,155
• Publication Number:
  US 20020039456A1
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 382/298-300, 382/254, 358/528, 358/532, 358/445, 358/451, 358/449, 358/447, 358/448, 348/240, 348/561, 348/581, 348/458, 348/240.99, 348/240.1, 348/240.2, 345/427-428, 345/660, 345/667-671, 345/582
• US Class Current: 382/299
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4023 based on decimating pixels or lines of pixels; based on inserting pixels or lines of pixels

Abstract

An image data adjusting method for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of input image data in a given direction with a desired magnification to obtain output image data. The method includes deriving an integral magnification for each of all the pixels of the input image data per direction in which the number of pixels of the input image data is increased/decreased, and copying a pixel value of each of the pixels based on the integral magnification to obtain the output image data.

Claims

1. An image data adjusting method for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of input image data in a given direction with a desired magnification to obtain output image data, said method comprising:

deriving an integral magnification for each of all the pixels of the input image data per direction in which the number of the pixels of the input image data is increased/decreased; and

copying a pixel value of each of said pixels based on said integral magnification to obtain said output image data, wherein said integral magnifications of all the pixels are derived and stored in a magnification table in advance, and the pixel value of each pixel is copied as many times as represented by the corresponding integral magnification stored in said magnification table to obtain said output image data.

2. The image data adjusting method according to claim 1, wherein the pixel values of the pixels are inputted serially and copied in sequence by referring to said magnification table to obtain said output image data.

3. The image data adjusting method according to claim 1, wherein when said integral magnification stored in said magnification table is zero, the pixel value of the corresponding pixel is deleted.

4. The image data adjusting method according to claim 1, wherein said desired magnification is divided into an integral part magnification and a decimal part magnification, and when multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes no occurrence of raising to unit, the integral part magnification is set as said integral magnification, while, when the multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes an occurrence of raising to unit, said integral magnification is derived by increasing the integral part magnification.

5. The image data adjusting method according to claim 4, wherein whether the multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes an occurrence of raising to unit is determined by comparing the decimal part magnification represented by said desired magnification and a decimal part magnification obtained as a result of the multiplication.

6. The image data adjusting method according to claim 5, wherein the decimal part magnification of said desired magnification is stored in a first storage section, a value obtained by multiplying the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section by a positional value of the processed pixel is stored in a second storage section, and said integral magnification is derived by comparing the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section.

7. The image data adjusting method according to claim 6, wherein the integral part magnification of said desired magnification is stored in a third storage section, a value obtained by adding a predetermined value to said integral part magnification is stored in a fourth storage section, and the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section are compared thereby to set in a fifth storage section one of the integral part magnification stored in said third storage section and the value stored in said fourth storage section as said integral magnification, based on a result of the comparison.

8. The image data adjusting method according to claim 7, wherein a predetermined constant is stored in said fifth storage section as an initial value.

9. The image data adjusting method according to claim 7, wherein lattices formed by the pixels of the input image data are mapped on the output image data to define neighborhood areas on the output image data, and the comparison between the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section and the setting of said integral magnification are performed per neighborhood area.

10. The image data adjusting method according to claim 1, wherein said magnification table comprises an X-direction table and a Y-direction table.

11. The image data adjusting method according to claim 1, wherein said pixel value is inputted from an external unit and stored in a line buffer.

12. An image data adjusting method for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of input image data in a given direction with a desired magnification to obtain output image data, said method comprising:

deriving an integral magnification for each of all the pixels of the input image data per direction in which the number of the pixels of the input image data is increased/decreased; and

copying a pixel value of each of said pixels based on said integral magnification to obtain said output image data, wherein said integral magnification for each pixel is derived based on a predetermined regular relationship between positions of the pixels in the input image data and integral magnifications of the corresponding pixels, said predetermined regular relationship is stored in a magnification table, and the pixel value of each pixel is copied based on said magnification table and a given arithmetic expression to obtain said output image data.

13. The image data adjusting method according to claim 12, wherein said magnification table comprises an X-direction table and a Y-direction table.

14. The image data adjusting method according to claim 12, wherein modulo arithmetic is used in said arithmetic expression, a calculation result obtained by said modulo arithmetic is used as an index, and said magnification table is referred to.

15. The image data adjusting method for increasing/decreasing the number of pixels of input image data in a given direction with a desired magnification to obtain output image data, said method comprising:

deriving an integral magnification for each of all the pixels of the input image data per direction in which the number of the pixels of the input image data is increased/decreased; and

copying a pixel value of each of said pixels based on said integral magnification to obtain said output image data, wherein said desired magnification is divided into an integral part magnification and a decimal part magnification, and when multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes no occurrence of raising to unit, the integral part magnification is set as said integral magnification, while, when the multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes an occurrence of raising to unit, said integral magnification is derived by increasing the integral part magnification.

16. The image data adjusting method according to claim 15, wherein whether the multiplication of the decimal part magnification causes an occurrence of raising to unit is determined by comparing the decimal part magnification represented by said desired magnification and a decimal part magnification obtained as a result of the multiplication.

17. The image data adjusting method according to claim 16, wherein the decimal part magnification of said desired magnification is stored in a first storage section, a value obtained by multiplying the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section by a positional value of the processed pixel is stored in a second storage section, and said integral magnification is derived by comparing the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section.

18. The image data adjusting method according to claim 17, wherein the integral part magnification of said desired magnification is stored in a third storage section, a value obtained by adding a predetermined value to said integral part magnification is stored in a fourth storage section, and the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section are compared thereby to set in a fifth storage section one of the integral part magnification stored in said third storage section and the value stored in said fourth storage section as said integral magnification, based on a result of the comparison.

19. The image data adjusting method according to claim 18, wherein a predetermined constant is stored in said fifth storage section as an initial value.

20. The image data adjusting method according to claim 18, wherein lattices formed by the pixels of the input image data are mapped on the output image data to define neighborhood areas on the output image data, and the comparison between the decimal part magnification stored in said first storage section and the value stored in said second storage section and the setting of said integral magnification are performed per neighborhood area.