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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2004
Applicant:
Kenji Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Mikami, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention seeks to suitably adjust the amount of a toner reduction in accordance with the type of image (object). To attain this object, an image forming apparatus according to the present invention comprises a discrimination unit for discriminating types of objects contained in input data; and a processing unit for applying reduction processing, which suppresses amount of colorant, to a thin line in a graphics if result of discrimination by said discrimination unit is that an object is a graphic;