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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinori Nakajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidehiko Kanda, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Yazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Nishioka, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Kuriyama, Saitama, JP;
Junichi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires N-valued image data corresponding to an image including at least one object, and edge data indicating an edge area of the object, an image processing unit that generates M-valued (N>M≥2) quantized data where each of a plurality of pixels is associated with one of a value indicating that no dot is to be recorded and a value indicating that a dot is to be recorded, based on the acquired image data, using an image processing parameter, and a changing unit that changes at least one pixel among pixels that indicate the edge area of the object in the edge data and have the value indicating that no dot is to be recorded in the quantized data so that the at least one pixel has the value indicating that the dot is to be recorded.