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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2011
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Igawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Igawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G03G 13/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a dither processing device that applies dither processing to input image data to express halftone using line screens by increasing an area rate of the input image data and a controller that decreases the number of line screens and maintains a prescribed dropout width between the neighboring line screens when the area rate of the input image data increases and the dropout width falls below a prescribed level.