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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoyuki Kawamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisashi Ishikawa, Urayasu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1881 (2013.01); H04N 1/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of converting input image data into image data expressing a dot pattern cell by cell includes a detection unit configured to detect a pixel having a specific pixel value in the input image data, and a determination unit configured to determine an output value of a pixel included in each cell by arranging as many print pixels as a number of print pixels according to a total value of pixel values of a pixel group including pixels included in a cell except the pixel detected by the detection unit on any of the pixels in the pixel group cell by cell.