eprintid: 146 rev_number: 4 eprint_status: archive userid: 5 dir: disk0/00/00/01/46 datestamp: 2008-07-01 lastmod: 2015-05-29 19:48:13 status_changed: 2009-04-08 16:54:50 type: report metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Gratton, M. contributors_name: Wu, C. W. contributors_name: Dubovski, P. contributors_name: Harlim, J. contributors_name: Please, C. contributors_name: Schwendeman, D. contributors_name: Vernescu, B. M. contributors_name: Chen, C. L. contributors_name: Cheng, Y. contributors_name: Hu, H. contributors_name: Kiehl, T. contributors_name: Onofrei, D. contributors_name: Zeev, N. contributors_name: Zhang, Y. contributors_name: Zhou, Y. title: Backward Diffusion Methods for Digital Halftoning ispublished: pub subjects: telecom studygroups: mpi22 companyname: IBM full_text_status: public abstract: We examine using discrete backward diffusion to produce digital halftones. The noise introduced by the discrete approximation to backwards diffusion forces the intensity away from uniform values, so that rounding each pixel to black or white can produce a pleasing halftone. We formulate our method by considering the Human Visual System norm and approximating the inverse of the blurring operator. We also investigate several possible mobility functions for use in a nonlinear backward diffusion equation for higher quality results. date: 2006-06-16 date_type: published pages: 13 citation: Gratton, M. (2006) Backward Diffusion Methods for Digital Halftoning. [Study Group Report] document_url: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/146/1/IBM06.pdf