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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Mariko Watanabe, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshiaki Isobe, Azumino, JP;
Inventors:
Mariko Watanabe, Shiojiri, JP;
Toshiaki Isobe, Azumino, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus for compressing image data, includes: a compression unit that reduces data into a predetermined bit number per band of image data so as to satisfy a condition related to a predetermined compression and compresses the reduced data; a specifying unit that specifies a minimum bit number among the predetermined bit numbers applied to the bands and specifies bands which are not compressed by the minimum bit number; and a re-compression unit that performs re-compression on the specified bands so that the data is compressed by the minimum bit number.