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US 11,691,434 B2Granted
Apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiroaki Ogawa, Yuki Omagari, Akitoshi Yamada
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a generation unit and a multiplexing unit. The generation unit generates image data for recording by a forming apparatus that forms an image on a forming member using a print head that applies energy to the member. The multiplexing unit performs multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the member is embedded in the image data.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate image data for recording by a forming apparatus configured to form an image on a forming member using a print head configured to apply energy to the forming member, the forming member including a plurality of color development layers each having a different color development characteristic and configured to cause color development depending on the applied energy;
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- a multiplexing unit configured to perform multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the forming member is embedded in the image data representing the image,
- wherein the multiplexing unit generates the recording data so that the predetermined information is recorded by the color development of at least the color development layer that causes color development of a dot of one pixel in a shortest time among the plurality of color development layers in a case where the print head applies the energy to the forming member, and
- wherein the multiplexing unit generates the recording data so that the color development layers other than the color development layer in which the predetermined information is to be recorded also cause the color development based on the predetermined information.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a generation unit configured to generate image data for recording by a forming apparatus configured to form an image on a forming member using a print head configured to apply energy to the forming member, the forming member including a plurality of color development layers each having a different color development characteristic and configured to cause color development depending on the applied energy;
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- a multiplexing unit configured to perform multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the forming member is embedded in the image data representing the image,
- wherein the multiplexing unit generates the recording data so that the predetermined information is recorded by the color development of at least a separate color development layer, among the plurality of color development layers, in the recording on the forming member based on the recording data by the forming apparatus using the print head, the separate color development layer being configured to form a color development region corresponding to one pixel and a color development region corresponding to a pixel adjacent to the one pixel separately from each other, and
- wherein the multiplexing unit generates the recording data so that the color development layers other than the color development layer in which the predetermined information is to be recorded also cause the color development based on the predetermined information.
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A method comprising:
- generating recording data for recording on a forming member that includes a plurality of color development layers each having a different color development characteristic and configured to cause color development depending on energy applied by a print head;
- recording an image with the energy applied to the forming member by the print head based on the recording data;
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- performing multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the forming member is embedded in image data representing the image,
- wherein the recording records the predetermined information on the forming member by causing the color development of at least the color development layer that causes the color development in a shortest time among the plurality of color development layers, with the energy applied to the forming member by the print head based on the recording data;
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- wherein the multiplexing processing generates the recording data so that the color development layers other than the color development layer in which the predetermined information is to be recorded also cause the color development based on the predetermined information.
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A method comprising:
- generating recording data for recording on a forming member that includes a plurality of color development layers each having a different color development characteristic and configured to cause color development depending on energy applied by a print head;
- recording an image with the energy applied to the forming member by the print head based on the recording data;
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- performing multiplexing processing to generate recording data in which predetermined information to be recognized by a reading apparatus as information different from an image to be recorded on the forming member is embedded in image data representing the image,
- wherein the recording records the predetermined information on the forming member by causing the color development of at least a separate color development layer, among the plurality of color development layers, with the energy applied to the forming member by the print head based on the recording data, the separate color development layer being configured to form a color development region corresponding to one pixel and a color development region corresponding to a pixel adjacent to the one pixel separately from each other in a case where the print head applies the energy to the forming member to record the image;
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- wherein the multiplexing processing generates the recording data so that the color development layers other than the color development layer in which the predetermined information is to be recorded also cause the color development based on the predetermined information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.