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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that generates data for setting different colors for a projected portion and a recessed portion of an unevenness on a surface of a recording medium by recording a colored printing material on at least the projected portion of the unevenness includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire recording amount data representing a recording amount of the colored printing material, and a halftoning unit configured to perform first halftoning on the recording amount data to arrange a larger number of dots of the colored printing material to be recorded on the projected portion of the unevenness at a center of the projected portion than at edges of the projected portion.