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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ritsuko Otake, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/64 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/644 (2013.01); H04N 1/6022 (2013.01);
Abstract
A function of performing printing with color material usage reduced compared to normal printing is provided. Image data to be printed is analyzed to obtain attribute information of each object. A conversion technique to be applied to each object is determined from a plurality of image data conversion processing techniques for color material usage reduction based on the attribute information of the object. A conversion process is performed using the determined conversion technique. Here, the image data conversion processing techniques include at least a print density reduction process and an image size decrease process.