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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2010
Applicants:
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Masanori Hirano, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a color information acquiring unit that acquires color information of each scanning line of each head in a main scanning direction; and a correction unit that corrects a parameter used for a halftone process of a scanning line in the main scanning direction and a parameter used for a halftone process of an adjacent line adjacent to the scanning line, and, based on the acquired color information, corrects a difference in colors of the scanning line and the adjacent line.