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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichirou Haruta, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4092 (2013.01); H04N 1/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
Jaggies in an edge portion are reduced while suppressing deterioration of an image to a minimum. There are provided a determination unit configured to determine an edge of an object from input image data, a unit configured to generate edge correction data used to correct a pixel value of a pixel constituting the edge, a screen data generation unit configured to generate screen data by performing screen processing on the input image dada, and an image combination unit configured to generate output image in which a screen dot existing in the edge in the screen data is shifted into the inside of the object.