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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masashi Oya, Soka, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a first obtaining unit obtaining color signals representing colors of an image, a second obtaining unit obtaining a gloss signal representing image gloss, a third obtaining unit obtaining a predetermined amount of a recording material, a first determination unit determining a recording amount of glossy recording material recorded in a first region, a second determination unit determining recording amounts of colored recording materials recorded in the first region such that a total amount of the recording amount of the glossy recording material recorded in the first region and the recording amounts of the colored recording materials recorded in the first region does not exceed the predetermined amount, and a third determination unit determining recording amounts of colored recording materials recorded in a second region based on the color signals and the recording amounts of the colored recording materials.