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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Masanori Yokoi, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Harada, Fuchu, JP;
Junichi Hayashi, Kamakura, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A array including array elements in a number smaller than the minimum number of pixels, having values larger than Th_c, and a plurality of array elements having values smaller than Th_c is generated. A formation array having the same size as that of a latent image is generated from the generated array. An image obtained by replacing the pixel value at a pixel position within the first region in the latent image with the value at the pixel position in the formation array is generated as a configuration image. The pixel value at each pixel position in the configuration image, that corresponds to each pixel position in the input image, is output as the amount of a highly infrared absorbent color material used to print a pixel at this pixel position in the input image.