Image data processing apparatus and image data processing method
US9658556B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/2346
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image data processing apparatus includes a total-colorant-amount calculating unit that calculates a total amount of a metallic colorant and a process-color colorant used by an image forming apparatus to form an image having a unit area, the image forming apparatus forming an image by using a white colorant, the metallic colorant, and the process-color colorant; a white-colorant-amount specifying unit that specifies an amount of the white colorant used to form the image having a unit area on the basis of a calculation result obtained by the total-colorant-amount calculating unit; and a white-colorant-amount correcting unit that corrects the amount of the white colorant so that the amount of the white colorant used to form the image having a unit area decreases as the amount of the metallic colorant used to form the image having a unit area increases.
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