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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2006
Applicants:
Takahiro Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Ike, Tokyo, JP;
Masakazu Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image processing method for carrying out a plurality of types of halftoning processing expressing in combination amplitude modulation having the number of tone levels smaller than that of an input image and area coverage modulation, selectively or in parallel, the plurality of types of halftoning processing comprises processing providing output image color and tone substantially identical mutually.