US 12,223,376 B2Granted

Information processing apparatus that determines whether to set a color mode based on processing corresponding to a monochrome mode, method, storage medium storing program, and system

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorTomohiro Suzuki

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Abstract

An information processing apparatus sets a color mode in place of a monochrome mode on condition that the monochrome mode and multiplexing of additional information on a print target image are set as print settings based on an input image data; generates, based on the input image data, color image data corresponding to printing in a color mode which represents a color of the monochromated print target image by a value of a color signal; performs, for the color image data generated by the generation unit, processing for multiplexing the additional information on the print target image; and causes a printing apparatus to print, in the color mode, a multiplexed image on which the additional information is multiplexed.

Claims11

Dependent claims

An information processing apparatus comprising:

one or more circuits;
or
one or more processors and at least one memory, the at least one memory being coupled to the one or more processors and having stored thereon instructions executable by the one or more processors,
wherein at least one of the one or more circuits or the execution of the instructions by the one or more processors cause the information processing apparatus to function as:
an acquisition unit configured to acquire input monochrome image data representing a print target image and being comprised of one color component;
and
a multiplexing unit configured to convert, in a case where print setting for the print target image is set for performing a process for multiplexing additional information on the print target image, the input monochrome image data to three-color-components monochrome image data representing monochrome image and being comprised of three color components and further configured to perform processing for multiplexing additional information on the print target image to the three-color-components monochrome image data.

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Facts

Application: 18/475,165Filed 26 Sep 2023 · continuation
Priority: JP 2021-09746510 Jun 2021
Published: US 2024/0028854 A125 Jan 2024
Granted: 11 Feb 2025
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Classification13 codes

G06K 15/1889
Post-processing of the composed and rasterized print image: merging with other data
H04N 1/32309
Methods relating to embedding, encoding, decoding, detection or retrieval operations: in colour image data
G06K 15/1805
Receiving particular commands: receiving printer configuration commands
G06K 15/1852
Generation of the printable image: involving combining data of different types

Family

Application17/745,745Parent of this continuation · filed 16 May 2022
US 2024/0028854 A1Pre-grant publication · published 25 Jan 2024
US 11,809,928 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2022/0405539 A1Published application
US 12,223,376 B2This patent

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