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Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus and image processing method

US7884969B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2007
Grant dateFeb 8, 2011
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4052
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus, a printing apparatus and an image processing method are provided which can perform quantization processing on image data at high speed based on an error diffusion method while at the same time avoiding degradations in a quality of printed images. When an error value represented by error data is a particular value, the error data is converted into compressed error data with a data volume less than that of the original error data.

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