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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
May. 21, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takuya Shimada, Kawasaki, JP;
Akira Shibasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6097 (2013.01); H04N 1/6016 (2013.01); H04N 1/6061 (2013.01);
Abstract
Image processing is performed for an image recording apparatus which records an image by arranging, on a recording medium, dots of a plurality of types of dot structures having different arrangements of color materials to be used. A dot arrangement signal which corresponds to an input color signal and represents the arrangement of dots of the plurality of types of dot structures is generated. Image data which arranges dots of the plurality of types of dot structures on a recording medium based on the dot arrangement signal is output.