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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2010
Yasuo Komatsu, Saitama, JP;
Yasuo Komatsu, Saitama, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus for converting a multiple gradation image into a binary or multivalue image by use of an area gradation method according to a screen cell is provided. The apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives an input pixel value of each pixel of the multiple gradation image and position information on the screen cell, an output unit that has a lookup table storing an output pixel value corresponding to the input pixel value in such a manner that an image is formed in which the output pixel value is increased or decreased with an increase in the input pixel value, and a screen line number is kept at a prescribed level with the increase in the input pixel value but a dot position is different, and that outputs the output pixel value at a pixel position on the screen cell corresponding to the position information by referring to the lookup table, according to the input pixel value and the position information received by the receiving unit.