Image processing apparatus and method to compensate for displacement of different printing positions in different colors
US8149461B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 25, 2009 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/1826
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit; an edge detecting unit; a transparency setting unit; an image data generating unit; and an instruction unit. The acquisition unit acquires print data, the print data indicating an object image and a background image, a region of the object image being located at least partly inside a region of the background image. The edge detecting unit detects at least a part of an edge of the object image. The transparency setting unit sets an edge region that is located inside the region of the object image and that extends along the at least a part of the edge detected by the edge detecting unit, the transparency setting unit setting a transparency degree to the edge region of the object image. The image data generating unit generates image data based on the print data and on the transparency degree for the edge region of the object image. The instruction unit issues a printing instruction instructing that a plurality of color component images are printed in a plurality of different colors one on another based on the image data.
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