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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sho Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kikuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6038 (2013.01); B41J 2/2107 (2013.01); H04N 1/605 (2013.01); H04N 1/00413 (2013.01); H04N 1/0045 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus performs printing of only a special color area by extracting an area to which a special color ink is to be applied or an area to which a decorative printing, such as a texture, is to be performed and not applying ink on an area other than the extracted area.