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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Shigetoshi Hosaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigetoshi Hosaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/393 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1876 (2013.01); G06K 15/1871 (2013.01); H04N 1/3935 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit that inputs printing information containing image data and a conversion unit that, when the pixel value of the top pixel from among successive N pixels (N is an integer equal to or larger than 2) of the image data is a specific value, sets a pixel having a pixel value that is not the specific value as a new top pixel from among pixels from a pixel adjacent to the to pixel to the N-th pixel, refers to data of the new top pixel to the N-th pixel, and performs a conversion into pixel values that are calculated with coefficient values according to the magnitude of the pixel values.