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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Jumpei Ashida, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/045 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of halftoning of an image comprising a pseudo-noise pattern of dots, whereby vectors between each dot and the nearest neighboring dot are orientated in a direction perpendicular to a line feed direction, and a density of the pattern of dots in a line feed direction is half of a density of the pattern of dots in a direction perpendicular to the line feed direction.