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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2007
Takashi Usui, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuhiro Nagayama, Nara, JP;
Kiyoto Motoyama, Ikoma, JP;
Kiyoshi Takato, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Usui, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuhiro Nagayama, Nara, JP;
Kiyoto Motoyama, Ikoma, JP;
Kiyoshi Takato, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus, an image forming method, a program, and a recording medium that succeed in reducing recording agent consumption without causing image quality degradation are provided. A modification region processing section detects, out of image data, A locations where a region identification signal provided from a region separation processing section changes from a ground region mode to a character region mode, and vice versa, as the boundary between the ground region and the character region, and thereby specifies a modification region which is continuous with the ground region and overlaps with a part of a periphery of the character region which is contiguous to the ground region. The modification region is assigned color data indicating a color that can be represented by the recording agent for use in ground region formation thereby to generate image data.