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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2007
Takeshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Misaizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazuo Asano, Kanagawa, JP;
Toru Misaizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Arai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, has: a conversion unit that converts input image information including a first color component and a second color component into output image information in which, with regard to each of the color components, the number of gray levels per pixel is smaller than the number of gray levels per pixel in the input image information and a gray level of the input image information is expressed by a gray level value of each pixel and a dot density and in which the size of a dot is different between the first color component and the second color component; and an output unit that outputs the output image information obtained by the conversion unit.