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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Osamu Iinuma, Machida, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/10 (2006.01); H04N 1/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/407 (2013.01); G06K 15/102 (2013.01); G06K 15/128 (2013.01); G06K 15/129 (2013.01); G06K 15/1843 (2013.01); H04N 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a determining unit to determine whether or not a white character exists inside a graphics object. In a case when recording material saving processing is instructed and the determining unit determines that the white character exists inside the graphics object, a conversion unit converts the character so as to increase the density thereof and converts a region other than the character inside the graphics object so as to decrease the density thereof. An image forming device forms an image based on the conversions performed by the conversion unit.