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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Tamura, Toride, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which performs image processing for print processing, including: a pseudo halftone processing unit configured to perform pseudo halftone processing by dithering with respect to an input image, and generate a halftone image constituted by plural dots, and a threshold matrix holding unit configured to hold a threshold matrix used for the pseudo halftone processing, wherein in the threshold matrix, thresholds are arranged such that the halftone image has a density region in which dots to be formed depending on a density of the input image are not rotational symmetric on a 90° basis, and orientations of the dots differ from each other in the density region.