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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiko Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromitsu Horie, Kanagawa, JP;
Eiji Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Kamata, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ; G06K 9/46 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 2/100 ; G06K 9/46 ;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus in which a character/line drawing emphasizing section previously stores a correlation between diameter of dots and position of remarked dots to be varied (including movement of a dot position) for each dot pattern in a table, detects a dot pattern matching a dot pattern based on dot image data inputted by a pattern detecting section, and varies and corrects (including movement of a dot position) the diameter of a dot corresponding to a position of a remarked dot in the dot pattern.