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124 results about "Halftone" patented technology

Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. "Halftone" can also be used to refer specifically to the image that is produced by this process.

Image processing method and device for UV curing 3D ink-jet printing slicing and storage medium

The invention provides an intelligent image processing method and device for UV curing 3D ink-jet printing and a storage medium, and the method comprises the steps: carrying out the contour feature extraction of a slice image, and intelligently recognizing a supporting region based on the interlayer contour change and geometric features; printing data corresponding to the color ink layer, the white ink layer, the gloss oil layer, the shaping layer and the supporting layer are generated according to the contour features, the shrinkage judgment result and the overhanging area recognition result, the printing data serve as spot color channels and are combined with CMYK channels of the color ink layer, halftone processing is carried out on the data of the channels, and the color ink layer is obtained. And finally, generating and outputting a TIF format image file comprising at least eight channels, wherein the TIF format image file is used for driving the UV curing 3D ink-jet printer, the equipment and the storage medium storage and is used for realizing the intelligent image processing method during execution. According to the method, the printing precision and the material utilization rate are improved, and the problems of support generation, color management and quality control in multi-material 3D printing are effectively solved.
Owner:GUANGZHOU SENYANG ELECTRONIC TECH CO LTD

Printing control method and computer equipment

The invention relates to a printing control method and computer equipment. According to the method and the device, the basic contour information of the printed image during full-ink-quantity ink dots is identified, the edge compensation width is determined according to the database information, the basic contour information and the ink-medium-environment-chromatography multivariate model, and the halftone-processed database information is subjected to edge compensation in the edge compensation width; the phenomena of sawteeth, blurring and blurring of the edges of printed characters, graphs and images can be avoided, the edge compensation gradient is set according to the size and the tone type of the printed image, and gradient compensation of a compensation point from the outer edge of the printed image to the center position in the edge compensation width is achieved. The color difference, caused by edge compensation, of the outer edge and the center position is reduced, and low cost and high printing speed are guaranteed while the amount of printing ink is saved.
Owner:JIELAN PRINTING TECH (SUZHOU) CO LTD

Document image tampering positioning method based on denoising diffusion and multi-domain learning

The invention relates to a document image tampering positioning method based on denoising diffusion and multi-domain learning. The method comprises the following steps: constructing a document image denoising diffusion model, and removing unknown noise introduced by an image in a social media transmission process through a step difference between forward diffusion and reverse diffusion; extracting inconsistent characteristics of halftone noise of the document image, and capturing specific noise domain forgery traces of the document image; and utilizing void spatial pyramid pooling, fusing inconsistent features of a halftone noise domain, and spatial domain features and frequency domain features of a document image, and accurately positioning a tampered region. Compared with the prior art, the document image tampering positioning method based on de-noising diffusion and multi-domain learning provided by the invention is oriented to a more practical social media shared document image authenticity verification scene. The method provided by the invention is feasible and effective, and has good effects in the aspects of positioning accuracy and robustness.
Owner:CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Halftone image reversible information hiding method, halftone image reversible information extraction method, equipment and medium

The invention discloses a halftone image reversible information hiding and extracting method and device and a medium, and relates to the field of image encryption, and the method comprises the steps: obtaining an original halftone image and original secret information; using a Hash algorithm to calculate summary information of the original halftone image; synthesizing the summary information with the original secret information to form to-be-hidden secret information, and storing the to-be-hidden secret information as a secret image; encrypting the original halftone image by using a ZUC encryption algorithm to obtain an encrypted halftone image; according to the encrypted halftone image, using a polynomial secret sharing algorithm to obtain N shared original images; according to the secret image, utilizing a polynomial secret sharing algorithm to obtain N shared secret images; and synthesizing the N shared original images and the N shared secret images to obtain N secret-carrying shared images. According to the method, the applicability, the confidentiality and the correctness of halftone image sharing are improved.
Owner:BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION

Printing apparatus and printing method

To provide a printer in which image quality is less likely to deteriorate even if halftone processing is performed using a dither mask repeatedly.SOLUTION: And a head unit that forms the output image on a medium based on a processing result of the halftone processing unit, in which a direction in which a plurality of heads discharge liquid is defined as a first direction, a direction in which the medium is transported is defined as a second direction, and a direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction is defined as a third direction. The output image includes a mixed region and an independent region, a length of the mixed region in the third direction is a first length, a length of the independent region in the third direction is a second length, and the number of elements of the dither mask in the third direction is N times or 1 / N times a total number of the number of pixels corresponding to the first length and the number of pixels corresponding to the second length.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Data processing method, image forming method, electronic device, image forming device, and storage medium

A data processing method, an image forming method, an electronic device, an image forming device, and a storage medium are provided. The data processing method includes: obtaining image data to be processed, where the image data to be processed is halftone image data; performing edge detection on the image data to be processed to determine edge pixels in the image data to be processed; and smoothing the edge pixels to obtain processed image data.
Owner:ZHUHAI PANTUM ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Intermediate articles having catalytic ink

An intermediate article has a non-electrically conductive substrate having first and second opposing surfaces; and a catalytic ink disposed as a pattern of half-tone dots on at least the first opposing surface. Copper metal can be plated on the pattern of catalytic ink to provide a copper metal pattern that have antimicrobial properties. The resulting antimicrobial article can then be applied to various surfaces to mitigate the spread of infectious agents from one person to another.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Pixel extraction and conversion method of LEN format image

The invention discloses a pixel extraction and conversion method of an LEN format image, and belongs to the technical field of digital image processing. In order to solve the technical problems that the LEN format has no public specification and general software cannot read data, binary analysis is carried out through an LEN sample, and the core binary layout of a file is found for the first time: the image width and height are stored in specified offset positions, and a small-end byte order is adopted; pixel data comprises a compressed data segment and a row information segment, and an RLE coding rule is adopted. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring an LEN format file; analyzing the file header to obtain an image size; performing segmented analysis on the image data; synthesizing the analyzed data into image data; and packaging the pixel matrix into a standard TIFF format file. The LEN core binary layout is disclosed for the first time, zero distortion and cross-platform conversion are achieved, reading and storage of screening parameters are not involved at all, existing patents are effectively avoided, and the method can be used for preview, filing and third-party system integration in the flexographic printing process.
Owner:汤其华

Printing apparatus, printing method, and image processing apparatus

To suppress deterioration of image quality when dots are not formed due to factors such as clogging of a nozzle.SOLUTION: A printing apparatus acquires a position of a defective dot which is a pixel in which the dot cannot be formed by the head regardless of a position where the dot is formed, performs halftone processing of generating dot data indicating presence or absence of dot formation using image data including a plurality of pixels having a plurality of gradation values and a dither mask including a plurality of thresholds, searches for a threshold used in generation of a dot in a predetermined range in the vicinity of the defective dot, corrects a value of a changed threshold which is a threshold satisfying a search condition that the changed threshold is larger than a value of a target threshold which is a threshold used in the position of the defective dot to a value equivalent to the value of the target threshold, and performs the halftone processing in the pixel corresponding to the corrected threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

A Differentiable Halftoning Method and Device Based on Deep Self-Supervised Learning

The present invention relates to the field of halftone technology, and in particular to a differentiable halftone method and device based on deep self-supervised learning. By introducing the Gumbel-Softmax module, the non-differentiable problem caused by discrete selection in halftoning is solved, and unbiased estimation of gradients in the model backpropagation process is achieved. To further enhance the effect of halftone images, the present invention introduces a new type of blue noise loss function to optimize the distribution of halftone dots, and at the same time proposes a regional confidence aggregation mechanism. By combining the spatial correlation of pixels, the network pays more attention to the interaction information between pixels during training. The present invention can not only generate high-quality halftone images rich in details, but also has significant advantages in terms of operation efficiency and has good scalability.
Owner:JIANGNAN UNIV

DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR IT

ActiveDE102021006404B4Hemt circuitsActive layer
A manufacturing process for a display panel (50) comprising a light source (LD) and a pixel circuit configured to operate the light source (LD), comprising the manufacturing process of: forming the pixel circuit on a substrate (SUB); and forming the light source (LD) on the pixel circuit, wherein forming the pixel circuit comprises: forming a first electrode layer on the substrate (SUB); forming a buffer layer (BUF) on the first electrode layer; and forming an active layer on the buffer layer (BUF), wherein forming the active layer comprises: depositing a first active layer (ACT1) and depositing a second active layer (ACT2) on the first active layer (ACT1);a first structuring step in which a photoresist (PR) material is applied to the second active layer (ACT2), a photoresist (PR) pattern is formed by a halftone mask, and the second active layer (ACT2) is etched to expose part of the first active layer (ACT1); a halftone ashing step of the photoresist (PR) pattern to expose part of the structured second active layer (ACT2); and a second structuring step in which the exposed part of the first active layer (ACT1) is etched using the structured second active layer (ACT2) as a mask.
Owner:LG DISPLAY CO LTD

Anti-counterfeiting printed matter preparation and identification method and system based on halftone frequency compensation

The invention discloses an anti-counterfeiting printed matter preparation and identification method and system based on halftone frequency compensation, and the method comprises the steps: determining the compensation frequency of an embedded texture needed to be embedded into an original digital image according to the frequency of macroscopic moire patterns induced when an input anti-counterfeiting printed matter is copied; designing an embedded texture based on halftone frequency compensation according to the compensation frequency, and generating a digital image hidden with the embedded texture; and outputting the digital image hidden with the embedded texture to a printing material through printing equipment to obtain an anti-counterfeiting printed matter. The invention aims to utilize the active induction mechanism of the moire to actively induce the moire characteristics excited in the frequency domain and the micro texture at the moment of imaging of the copy, the discrimination of the copy is converted from searching a weak signal to detecting significant interference, and the stability of anti-counterfeiting printed matter discrimination in the application scene of complex media and cross-brand equipment is improved.
Owner:CHANGSHA YIYUE TECHNOLOGY CO LTD

Printing apparatus, printing method, and image processing apparatus

The invention discloses a printing apparatus, a printing method, and an image processing apparatus. The purpose of the present invention is to suppress a decrease in image quality when a dot is not formed due to a main cause such as nozzle clogging. A printing apparatus acquires a position of a defect point, which is a pixel at which a point cannot be formed by a head despite the position at which the point is formed, and performs halftone processing for generating point data indicating the presence or absence of point formation using image data comprising a plurality of pixels having a plurality of gradation values and a dither mask comprising a plurality of threshold values. A threshold value used for generating points in a predetermined range near the defect point is searched, and a value of a change threshold value, which is a threshold value satisfying a search condition that is greater than a value of a target threshold value, which is a threshold value used at the position of the defect point, is corrected to a value equivalent to the value of the target threshold value. And providing the corrected threshold value to the halftone processing at the pixel corresponding to the corrected threshold value.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, image processing apparatus, and image processing method

To provide an image forming method by which image quality is hardly deteriorated due to a difference in positional deviation when dots are formed.SOLUTION: An output image includes a first pixel group including a plurality of pixels whose positions in the output image are determined, and a second pixel group including a plurality of pixels whose positions are different from those of the pixels of the first pixel group. A halftone processing unit that performs halftone processing on an original image causes an arrangement of pixels where dots are formed in the first pixel group to have a distribution having a first characteristic relating to dispersibility, and in the second pixel group to have a distribution having a second characteristic relating to dispersibility and causes the distribution according to the second characteristic not to be correlated with the distribution according to the first characteristic when the input tone value of the original image is equal to or higher than an intermediate value. Then, the on / off of the dots in the arrangement having the first characteristic in the first pixel group is determined, and the on / off of the dots in the arrangement having the second characteristic in the second pixel group is determined.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 16
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Inkjet recording device

An inkjet recording apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in image quality is provided. [Solution] The inkjet recording device includes a recording unit, an image reading unit, and a control unit. The control unit has an image processing unit. The image processing unit is capable of halftone processing image data input to the recording unit using multiple patterns with different degrees of concentration. The control unit is capable of executing a switching mode that switches between halftone processing patterns when a normal image formation mode is being executed. When the switching mode is being executed, the control unit acquires density information of the recording head by having the image reading unit read a check chart for density measurement recorded on a sheet by the recording unit, and determines the halftone processing pattern based on the acquired density information of the recording head.
Owner:KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC

Determination method and recovery method

Determination methods and recovery methods are disclosed. A determination method includes outputting a pattern image including a first region in which a halftone image is formed and a second region in which another halftone image is formed, the halftone image of the second region being constituted by dots whose average dot size is smaller than the average dot size of dots constituting the halftone image of the first region, a density of a first region and a density of a second region in a pattern image output on a recording material are compared, and in a case where a visual density of a halftone image of the first region is higher than a visual density of the second region, it is determined that a plurality of types of toner are mixed in a toner storage portion.
Owner:CANON KK

Printing apparatus and printing method

A printing apparatus includes a halftone processing section that uses a dither mask to determine whether or not to form a dot in each of a plurality of pixels constituting an output image based on an input gradation value of an original image, and a head unit that forms the output image on a medium based on a processing result of the halftone processing section, the output image includes a mixed region and a single region, a length of the mixed region is a first length, a length of the single region is a second length, and the number of elements of the dither mask is N times or 1 / N times a total number of the number of pixels corresponding to the first length and the number of pixels corresponding to the second length.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Array substrate and manufacturing method thereof

ActiveCN113948533BScan linePhotoresist
The present invention discloses an array substrate and a method for manufacturing the same. The method comprises providing a substrate; forming a first metal layer and a first insulating layer on the substrate; covering the first insulating layer with a first positive photoresist layer; exposing the first positive photoresist layer from the top of the substrate using a first half-tone mask to ultimately form scan lines, gate electrodes, and touch leads, and forming a second insulating layer entirely on the gate insulating layer; covering the second insulating layer with a negative photoresist layer; exposing and developing the negative photoresist layer from the bottom of the substrate to ultimately remove the second insulating layer at locations corresponding to the scan lines, gate electrodes, and touch leads, while retaining the second insulating layer in other areas; forming an entire second metal layer on the second insulating layer; and patterning the second metal layer to form a source electrode, a drain electrode, a data line, and a touch bridge portion. The array substrate and method for manufacturing the same not only save costs but also improve the aperture ratio.
Owner:KUSN INFOVISION OPTOELECTRONICS

Image forming device, image forming method, image processing device, and image processing method

An output image includes a first pixel group, and a second pixel group. A halftone processing unit that performs halftone processing on a original image causes an arrangement of pixels where dots are formed in the first pixel group to have a distribution having a first characteristic relating to dispersibility, and in the second pixel group to have a distribution having a second characteristic relating to dispersibility and causes the distribution according to the second characteristic not to be correlated with the distribution according to the first characteristic when the input tone value of the original image is equal to or higher than a intermediate value. Then, the on and off of the dot in the arrangement having the first characteristic in the first pixel group is determined, and the on and off of the dot in the arrangement having the second characteristic in the second pixel group is determined.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP

Determination method and recovery method

A determination method includes outputting a pattern image including a first region where a halftone image is formed and a second region where another halftone image is formed, the halftone image of the second region being constituted by dots of an average dot size smaller than an average dot size of dots constituting the halftone image of the first region, comparing a density of the first region with a density of the second region in the pattern image output on the recording material, and determining that the plurality of kinds of toner are mixed within the toner storage portion in a case where a visual density of the halftone image of the first region is higher than a visual density of the second region.
Owner:CANON KK

Toilet roll

To provide a toilet roll in which patterns superior in design properties are visible while being a long article, and furthermore wrinkles and kinks are reduced, and thereby surface smoothness is easy to feel.SOLUTION: A toilet roll is provided by making toilet tissue paper of 2-ply into a roll and having a roll diameter of 90-120 mm. In the toilet tissue paper, irregularities by embossing are provided, patterns formed by halftone dot printing and solid typesetting are printed on one side, a ratio of a total area of a pattern portion is 8-20%, a ratio of a total area of a halftone dot portion is 6.0% or more, a ratio of a total area of a solid portion is 4.0% or less, and a paper thickness of 1-ply is 60-90 μm. The toilet tissue paper is rolled around a paper tube of 65-90 m with a roll density of 0.83-2.05 so that the surface with the patterns printed thereon may become an outer layer side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:DAIO PAPER CORP

A method for measuring the transmittance of a halftone mask

The application discloses a kind of halftone mask through rate measurement methods, on halftone mask, in one field of view, with adjacent full transparent area, non-transparent area and semi-transparent area, measurement method is: first, in the both sides of halftone mask respectively no contact setting laser transmitter and laser receiver;Then only open laser transmitter, so that the laser that laser transmitter emits passes through semi-transparent area;Then open laser receiver, laser receiver respectively obtains the laser signal that full transparent area, non-transparent area and semi-transparent area are penetrated, and respectively recorded as A, B, C;Finally, the transmittance T of semi-transparent area is calculated, and the calculation formula is: T=[(C-B) / (A-B)]×100%;The halftone mask through rate measurement method of the application is simple and fast in measurement operation, contactless measurement throughout, can satisfy the high-precision processing requirement of halftone mask.Simultaneously, measurement is carried out using photoelectric signal, and measurement precision is high, and the requirement of measurement tool and environment is lower.
Owner:HEFEI QINGYI PHOTOMASK LTD

System and method for obtaining a uniform ink layer

A method for creating a bitmap for a printing plate comprises: defining an area of ​​an image to be printed with a solid color; applying a halftone screen to the defined solid color area; and creating a bitmap of the halftone screen embodied in the defined solid color area. The halftone screen pattern comprises a plurality of dashes having a positive or negative 45-degree orientation, a positive or negative 135-degree orientation, or a combination of two or more positive or negative 45-degree and 135-degree orientations. Each dash or its constituent dashes have two or more adjacent contact pixels of the same length and a certain number of one or more adjacent contact pixels of the same width, or the dashes are arranged orthogonally in rows and columns, or a combination thereof. Masks, printing plates, processes for making them, and printing methods using the bitmap are also described.
Owner:ESKO SOFTWARE

Organic light emitting display and electronic device thereof

The invention relates to an organic light emitting display and an electronic device thereof. The invention discloses an organic light emitting display device, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device thereof. The organic light emitting display device includes a first electrode, a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode and exposing a portion of the first electrode through an opening, an organic material layer disposed in the opening of the pixel defining layer, and a second electrode disposed on the organic material layer. In this case, the pixel defining layer includes a halftone layer composed of a photosensitive composition, a trench formed in the halftone layer, and a full-tone layer protruding from the halftone layer.
Owner:DUK SAN NEOLUX

Color chart

To provide a color chart that can measure and compare images taken with a wide variety of cameras.SOLUTION: A color chart has a plurality of patches, at least some of which are covered with a film that absorbs or reflects infrared and / or ultraviolet rays, and an amount of infrared and / or ultraviolet rays absorbed or reflected varies among the patches covered with the film that absorbs or reflects infrared and / or ultraviolet rays, and the plurality of patches are composed of achromatic patches and chromatic patches, and the patches covered with the film that absorbs or reflects infrared and / or ultraviolet rays are achromatic patches, and the achromatic patches are composed of at least gray patches, and the gray patches are formed only with black halftone dots.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Owner:IMAGING TECH LAB LLC

Model based cross channel missing jet compensation

A method for forming an image by a print device includes: identifying a first pixel in halftone image data, the halftone image data representing an image to be formed, the first pixel corresponding to a malfunctioning inkjet of a plurality of inkjets. The method further includes identifying a neighboring pixel within a region of the image around the first pixel, the neighboring pixel corresponding to a functioning inkjet. The method further includes generating a modified halftone value for the neighboring pixel by: identifying a missing color associated with the malfunctioning inkjet, identifying a replacement color to compensate the missing color (the replacement color being a different color than the missing color), and modifying a halftone value for the neighboring pixel based on the replacement color. The method further includes causing the functioning inkjet to eject an ink drop based on the modified halftone value for the neighboring pixel.
Owner:XEROX CORP

Multi-material halftoning of additively manufactured optics

A device comprises an array of voxels of solidified material defining at least one scan path, along which an error in a variable dielectric quantity at a target voxel is distributed by successive deposition and solidifying of a selected material along the scan path, in accordance with a prescription for the device. The prescription defines the dielectric quantity over the array of voxels.
Owner:VADIENT OPTICS LLC

Organic light emitting display and electronic device thereof

The disclosure discloses an organic light emitting display device including a first electrode, a pixel definition layer disposed on the first electrode and exposing a portion of the first electrode through an opening, an organic material layer disposed in the opening of the pixel definition layer, and a second electrode disposed on the organic material layer, and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device thereof. In this case, the pixel definition layer includes a halftone layer composed of a photosensitive composition, a trench formed in the halftone layer, and a full-tone layer protruding from the halftone layer.
Owner:DUK SAN NEOLUX

Multi-material halftoning of additively manufactured optics

A device comprises an array of voxels of solidified material defining at least one scan path, along which an error in a variable dielectric quantity at a target voxel is distributed by successive deposition and solidifying of a selected material along the scan path, in accordance with a prescription for the device. The prescription defines the dielectric quantity over the array of voxels.
Owner:VADIENT OPTICS LLC

Intermediate articles having catalytic ink

An intermediate article has a non-electrically conductive substrate having first and second opposing surfaces; and a catalytic ink disposed as a pattern of half-tone dots on at least the first opposing surface. Copper metal can be plated on the pattern of catalytic ink to provide a copper metal pattern that have antimicrobial properties. The resulting antimicrobial article can then be applied to various surfaces or objects to reduce, mitigate, or inhibit the spread of infectious agents from one person to another from human touching the surfaces or objects.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO