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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2013
Shigeru Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuhiro Kodera, Saitama, JP;
Kazuto Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ikusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Shigeru Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuhiro Kodera, Saitama, JP;
Kazuto Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ikusawa, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoko Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus () according to the present invention includes a layer combining unit () that generates a print image based on print data including a plurality of layers, a determining unit () that determines whether objects included in different layers overlap each other in a single pixel constituting the print image, and a selecting unit () that selects image processing to be performed with respect to the single pixel according to a combination of attribute information for each of the layers assigned to the single pixel, when the objects overlap each other in the corresponding single pixel.