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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2008
Kosuke Shingai, Matsumoto, JP;
Kosuke Shingai, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, includes: a first extractor, configured to extract compression data items of a plurality of images to extraction image data items; a corrector, configured to correct the extraction image data items, when the images are printed on a print medium; a second extractor, configured to extract one of the compression data items to a sample image data item; an acquirer, configured to acquire, from the sample image data item, a characteristic information item indicative of image characteristic to be corrected by the correction, in a case where at least parts of the images to be printed are to be overlapped when viewed from a first direction; and a calculator, configured to calculate correction amounts each of which is to be applied to an associated one of the extraction image data items based on the characteristic information item.