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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2005
Applicant:
Koji Washio, Hachioji, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Washio, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus having: a first screen processing section for performing a screen processing to image data; and an outline processing section for determining whether to output or not to output a dot with respect to an outline pixel of the image data, based on an outputting condition of a screen dot for a peripheral pixel of the outline pixel composing an outline area of an image in the image data that has been subjected to the screen processing by the first screen processing section.