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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromitsu Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A print data generating apparatus obtains a BRDF model group for each of a plurality of colors and the angle of incident light in the environment where an object to be reproduced is to be viewed. The print data generating apparatus then applies the angle of the incident light thus obtained to each of the models in the BRDF model group to thereby calculate the reflection distribution of the object to be reproduced for which the angle of the incident light is limited. The print data generating apparatus then outputs color data and form data for each of the models in the BRDF model group based on the reflection distribution, the color data indicating a color to be formed on the surface of the object to be reproduced, the form data indicating the form of the object to be reproduced.