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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichirou Hiramoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); B41J 29/38 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1876 (2013.01); B41J 29/38 (2013.01); G03G 15/50 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes: a hardware processor that quantizes each pixel with a dither pattern divided according to a resolution in a predetermined direction, and sets a recording amount of each pixel by adding up processing results of the quantization.