Patent ID: 9251732
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G09G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of dithering of an image, the image comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in an X by Y array, X and Y being integers, and the plurality of pixels exhibiting integer value N bit color depth, the method comprising: acquiring the image and storing it within a memory of a computing system; determining a numerical value associated with a particular color component of each pixel of the image; determining a threshold value associated with the particular color component of each pixel of the image; modifying each of the plurality of pixels of the image to generate a modified image comprising a plurality of pixels exhibiting integer value M-bit color depth, based on the numerical value associated with the particular color component of each pixel of the image and the threshold value associated with the particular color component of each pixel of the image; and storing the modified image in the memory; wherein the integer value M is less than integer value N; wherein the determining the threshold value comprises: