Method and apparatus for generating a halftone image. An ensemble of correlated minimum visual modulation two-dimensional binary patterns are provided. Each pattern corresponds to one density level of a digital input signal. The set of patterns is generated simultaneously by minimizing an ensemble cost function which is the variance of non-zero spatial frequencies weighted by a human visual system modulation transfer function. The patterns are then modularly addressed to select bits to form halftone pattern. <IMAGE>
Method and apparatus for generating simultaneously derived correlated digital halftone patterns