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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichiro Teshima, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a first control unit that executes density correction processing on image data and generates an image signal, an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of the image signal, and a second control unit that controls the image forming unit. The first control unit includes a specifying unit that transmits specifying information relating to the density correction processing to the second control unit. The second control unit includes an acquisition unit that acquires a parameter relating to the image forming apparatus, and an estimation unit that estimates a plurality of image densities corresponding to tone levels identified by the specifying information transmitted from the first control unit on the basis of the parameter acquired by the acquisition unit and transmits the plurality of image densities to the first control unit.