Image processing apparatus and method for selecting a processing mode based on attributes of original multivalued image data
US8274704B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/107
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An information processing apparatus processes, for each pixel, multivalued image data for a unit area of a recording medium, so as to form an image on the unit area with a plurality of relative movements between a recording head and the recording medium. The apparatus has a selector that selects a first processing mode for dividing the multivalued image data into a plurality of pieces of multivalued image data corresponding to the plurality of relative movements, and then quantizing each of the plurality of pieces of multivalued image data, or a second processing mode for quantizing the multivalued image data into quantized image data, and then dividing the quantized image data into a plurality of pieces of quantized image data corresponding to the plurality of relative movements. The selector selects the processing mode based on a content (attribute, grayscale, color, etc.) of the multivalued image data.
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