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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Ochiai, Machida, JP;
Tomokazu Yanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 2/045 (2006.01); H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/04593 (2013.01); B41J 2/2056 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01); G06K 15/107 (2013.01); H04N 1/4055 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an image processing method that can output a high-quality image having high dispersing quality in the configuration for printing an image using a plurality of different kinds of dots. Therefore in the same region of a printing medium, binary data is generated such that a low frequency component of space frequency characteristics is suppressed with priority to a dot pattern of a combination in which a plurality of kinds of dots are relatively noticeable.