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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1991
Sono Gu, Ohmiya, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided an image forming apparatus and method and apparatus for processing an image for the image forming apparatus, comprising: gradation reproducing means having different gradation reproducing characteristics; a color processing circuit for color processing in accordance with the gradation reproducing characteristic; and a process selecting circuit for selecting signal processes in the color processing circuit and the gradation reproducing means in accordance with an image region. Further, the color processing circuit has a masking coefficient train or UCR coefficients which are determined in accordance with the gradation reproducing characteristic. The process selecting circuit selects the signal processes in the color processing circuit and the gradation reproducing means in accordance with the image region.