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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Nobuhiko Nakahara, Susono, JP;
Nobuhiko Nakahara, Susono, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A halftoning process section in an image processing apparatus includes a process switching section that switches a process of a signal from a color conversion process section. The process switching section executes switching in accordance with input tag data. In the case of a text, a text halftoning process section executes a halftoning process. In the case of graphics, a bit number increasing section increases a bit number for graphics, and a graphics halftoning process section executes a halftoning process. In the case of a photo, a bit number increasing section increases a bit number for a photo, and a photo halftoning process section executes a halftoning process.