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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Koji Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image is generated by performing area coverage modulation to express a halftone color according to a gross area of dots displayed in a pixel of the image. The image is generated in such a manner that the halftone color is expressed with a selected one of dither patterns corresponding to respective predetermined densities, each of the densities being determined by the gross area of dots calculated in view of shapes of the dots.