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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2011
Applicant:
Hirokazu Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Hirokazu Tamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G03G 15/00 (2006.01); G03G 15/01 (2006.01); G03G 21/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03G 15/5062 (2013.01); G03G 15/011 (2013.01); G03G 21/02 (2013.01); H04N 1/6022 (2013.01); H04N 1/6033 (2013.01); G03G 2215/00029 (2013.01); H04N 1/1017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A limit value of a recording material is determined based on a difference between a maximum density value of an image formed by an image forming unit and a maximum density value to be targeted by an image processing apparatus, and the amount of the recording material corresponding to the image data is controlled so as to be the determined limit value or below.