IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20170343920A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-30

    申请号:US15600385

    申请日:2017-05-19

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes a photoconductor, a light source, and circuitry that receives: first image data including first pixels each indicating image density or one of turning on and off the light source; and tag data indicating an attribute of each first pixels. The circuitry sets specific data to identify a first target pixel subjected to change out of the first pixels, converts the first image data into second image data having a higher resolution than that of the first image data, and controls the light source according to the second image data to form an image. In conversion, the circuitry identifies a second target pixel corresponding to the first target pixel out of second pixels of the second image data according to the specific data and the tag data, and changes the second target pixel into a pixel to turn on the light source.

    Image forming apparatus which forms image data indicating whether a pixel is for a character or line
    4.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus which forms image data indicating whether a pixel is for a character or line 有权
    图像形成装置,其形成指示像素是针对字符还是线的图像数据

    公开(公告)号:US09466016B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-11

    申请号:US14796385

    申请日:2015-07-10

    摘要: An apparatus includes an image-processing-unit that generates tag information indicating whether each of pixels of a first-resolution image data is a pixel of a character or a line, a resolution-converting-unit that converts the first-resolution image data to image data with a second resolution higher than the first resolution, and a light-source-driving-unit that drives light-source according to the second-resolution image data. The resolution-converting-unit includes an image-matrix-acquiring-unit that acquires an image matrix being image data and tag information with the first resolution in an area containing a target-pixel and pixels around the target-pixel, a pattern-matching-unit that determines whether the target-pixel is a pixel of an edge of a character or a line based on the image matrix, and a first-converting-unit that, when the pixel is the edge pixel, converts the image data to image data with the second resolution of a pattern determined in accordance with a layout of the target-pixel.

    摘要翻译: 一种装置,包括:图像处理单元,生成指示第一分辨率图像数据的每个像素是字符或行的像素的标签信息;将第一分辨率图像数据转换为 具有比第一分辨率高的第二分辨率的图像数据,以及根据第二分辨率图像数据驱动光源的光源驱动单元。 分辨率转换单元包括图像矩阵获取单元,其在包含目标像素和目标像素周围的像素的区域中获取作为图像数据的图像矩阵和具有第一分辨率的标签信息,模式匹配 - 基于图像矩阵确定目标像素是字符边缘还是直线的像素的单位,以及当像素为边缘像素时,将图像数据转换为图像的第一转换单元 具有根据目标像素的布局确定的图案的第二分辨率的数据。

    Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and method of producing printed material for generating a parallel line pattern of uniform concentration
    5.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and method of producing printed material for generating a parallel line pattern of uniform concentration 有权
    图像形成装置,图像形成方法以及用于产生均匀浓度的平行线图案的印刷材料的制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US09298122B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-29

    申请号:US14268463

    申请日:2014-05-02

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes: a pseudo-halftone processing unit that processes input image data to output image data of first resolution; a resolution converting unit that converts the image data of the first resolution into image data of second resolution that is higher than the first resolution; a modulation-signal generating unit that generates a modulation signal obtained by modulating the image data of the second resolution according to a clock signal; and a light-source driving unit that drives a light source according to the modulation signal. The pseudo-halftone processing unit converts a region of pixels having the same pixel value into a parallel line pattern that is formed with a plurality of parallel lines oblique relative to a direction of arrangement of pixels. The resolution converting unit generates the image data o in which each edge of the lines forming the parallel line pattern is smoothed.

    摘要翻译: 一种图像形成装置包括:伪半色调处理单元,其处理输入图像数据以输出第一分辨率的图像数据; 分辨率转换单元,其将第一分辨率的图像数据转换成高于第一分辨率的第二分辨率的图像数据; 调制信号生成单元,其生成通过根据时钟信号调制所述第二分辨率的图像数据而获得的调制信号; 以及根据调制信号驱动光源的光源驱动单元。 伪半色调处理单元将具有相同像素值的像素的区域转换为平行线图案,该平行线图案形成有相对于像素排列方向倾斜的多条平行线。 分辨率转换单元生成图像数据o,其中形成平行线图案的线的每个边缘被平滑化。

    Image forming apparatus
    10.
    发明授权
    Image forming apparatus 有权
    图像形成装置

    公开(公告)号:US09591177B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-07

    申请号:US14725343

    申请日:2015-05-29

    摘要: An image forming apparatus forms an image by optical scanning. The image forming apparatus includes: a light source; an image processing unit that processes image data; a modulation signal generation unit that generates a light source modulation signal; a light source drive unit that drives the light source based on the light source modulation signal; and a correction value identifying unit that identifies a correction value for correcting a registration error of an image to be formed. The image processing unit performs first image processing of image data with first resolution based on a correction value identified by the correction value identifying unit, the first image processing including deformation processing and gradation processing of the image data. The modulation signal generation unit converts image data processed in the image processing unit into image data with resolution higher than the first resolution and performs second image processing.

    摘要翻译: 图像形成装置通过光学扫描形成图像。 图像形成装置包括:光源; 处理图像数据的图像处理单元; 调制信号生成单元,生成光源调制信号; 光源驱动单元,其基于所述光源调制信号驱动所述光源; 以及校正值识别单元,其识别用于校正要形成的图像的配准误差的校正值。 图像处理单元基于由校正值识别单元识别的校正值执行第一分辨率的图像数据的第一图像处理,包括变形处理和图像数据的灰度处理的第一图像处理。 调制信号生成单元将图像处理单元中处理的图像数据转换为高于第一分辨率的分辨率的图像数据,并执行第二图像处理。