Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and image processing method that performs analysis image processing during normal image processing

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire processing image data for image-processing;
• a normal image processing unit configured to perform normal image processing for normal output on the processing image data acquired by the image acquisition unit and to output normal image data;
• an analysis image processing unit configured to perform analysis image processing accompanied by analysis and to output analysis image data in parallel with the normal image processing performed by the normal image processing unit;
• and
• a merge processing unit configured to merge the normal image data output by the normal image processing unit and the analysis image data output by the analysis image processing unit and to output print data for printing;
• wherein
• when there is an area having a specific number of pixels ratio in the analysis image data, the merge processing unit replaces the pixels in the area of the normal image data.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire processing image data for image-processing;
• a normal image processing unit configured to perform normal image processing for normal output on the processing image data acquired by the image acquisition unit and to output normal image data;
• an analysis image processing unit configured to perform analysis image processing accompanied by analysis and to output analysis image data in parallel with the normal image processing performed by the normal image processing unit;
• a merge processing unit configured to merge the normal image data output by the normal image processing unit and the analysis image data output by the analysis image processing unit and to output print data for printing;
• and
• an image forming unit configured to form an image of the print data that has been merged by the merge processing unit;
• wherein
• the image acquisition unit acquires low-resolution data and high-resolution data having a higher resolution than the low-resolution data as the processing image data,
• the analysis image processing unit performs the analysis with the low-resolution data, and
• the normal image processing unit performs the normal image processing based on the high-resolution data.

An image forming apparatus comprising:

• an image acquisition unit configured to acquire processing image data for image-processing;
• a normal image processing unit configured to perform normal image processing for normal output on the processing image data acquired by the image acquisition unit and to output normal image data;
• an analysis image processing unit configured to perform analysis image processing accompanied by analysis and to output analysis image data in parallel with the normal image processing performed by the normal image processing unit;
• a merge processing unit configured to merge the normal image data output by the normal image processing unit and the analysis image data output by the analysis image processing unit and to output print data for printing;
• and
• an image forming unit configured to form an image of the print data that has been merged by the merge processing unit, wherein
• when there is an area having a specific number of pixels ratio in the analysis image data, the merge processing unit replaces the pixels in the area of the normal image data.