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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiromi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of suppressing the occurrence of a density gap within the same object due to smoothing processing, and a storage medium are provided. An image processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a drawing command for an object is a gradation drawing command by analyzing data described in a page description language. Further, the image processing apparatus includes a control unit configured to apply image processing to an edge portion of the object in a case where the determination unit determines that the drawing command for the object is not a gradation drawing command, and to suppress image processing for the edge portion of the object in a case where the determination unit determines that the drawing command for the object is a gradation drawing command.