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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masashi Oya, Soka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/54 (2006.01); H04N 1/52 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B41J 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40087 (2013.01); B41J 2/205 (2013.01); B41J 2/2052 (2013.01); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 2/2117 (2013.01); B41J 2/2132 (2013.01); G06K 15/021 (2013.01); G06K 15/107 (2013.01); G06K 15/1823 (2013.01); H04N 1/4051 (2013.01); H04N 1/4053 (2013.01); H04N 1/4055 (2013.01); H04N 1/52 (2013.01); H04N 1/54 (2013.01); H04N 1/6097 (2013.01); B41J 2/2054 (2013.01); B41J 19/142 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory storing instructions and at least one processor executing the instructions to provide an input unit configured to input image data representing a color of an image, and information identifying high gloss and low gloss areas in the image, a first determination unit configured to determine, based on the image data, a recording amount of a printing material for forming the image on a recording medium, and a second determination unit configured to determine a dot arrangement of the printing material by halftone processing for the recording amount according to the information.