• DocumentCode
    967617
  • Title

    A new class of B/W halftoning algorithms

  • Author

    Zakhor, Avideh ; Lin, Steve ; Eskafi, Farokh

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    10/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    499
  • Lastpage
    509
  • Abstract
    A new class of dithering algorithms for black and white (B/W) images is presented. The basic idea behind the technique is to divide the image into small blocks and minimize the distortion between the original continuous-tone image and its low-pass-filtered halftone. This corresponds to a quadratic programming problem with linear constraints, which is solved via standard optimization techniques. Examples of B/W halftone images obtained by this technique are compared to halftones obtained via existing dithering algorithms
  • Keywords
    image processing; quadratic programming; B/W halftoning algorithms; black and white images; continuous-tone image; dithering algorithms; linear constraints; low-pass-filtered halftone; optimization techniques; quadratic programming; Clustering algorithms; Constraint optimization; Displays; Lattices; Low pass filters; Pixel; Printers; Quadratic programming; Spatial resolution; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Image Processing, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1057-7149
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/83.242358
  • Filename
    242358