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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Masanori Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Junichi Hayashi, Kamakura, JP;
Koji Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/56 (2006.01); H04N 1/58 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/0087 (2013.01); H04N 1/6033 (2013.01); H04N 1/605 (2013.01); H04N 1/6072 (2013.01);
Abstract
For a selected pixel value, amounts of color material used of respective color materials used to print a background region, and those of respective color materials used to print a latent image region are calculated. The calculated amounts of color material used are stored in a memory in association with the selected pixel value. Amounts of color material used corresponding to respective pixel values of a pixel value group are read out from the memory, and are output to a printing apparatus.