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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Tomohiro Kato, Okazaki, JP;
Naotoshi Kawai, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Imura, Toyohashi, JP;
Eri Kusano, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomohiro Kato, Okazaki, JP;
Naotoshi Kawai, Toyokawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Imura, Toyohashi, JP;
Eri Kusano, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A first screen group and a second screen group are stored in an image forming apparatus. In the first screen group, the first region expands with increasing gradation value based on a first rule. In the second screen group, the first region expands with increasing gradation value based on an independent second rule different from the first rule. A screen selector relocates a first portion and a second portion such that the first portion and the second portion are joined by a second region that is not a toner adhesion control target, when the first portion and the second portion are adjacent as a result of the selection of the screen in each unit region of the input image. The first portion includes the screen included in the first screen group, and the second portion includes the screen included in the second screen group.