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US 2003/0117655 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShinsaku Ito
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus comprises an edge detection means for detecting an edge in image data, a thinning judgment unit (11) for judging whether or not a thinning process in the image data should be performed, and an edge density conversion unit (12) for receiving a discrimination signal from said thinning judgment unit (11) to perform density conversion of a pixel which is judged to be subject to the thinning process.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an edge detection means for detecting an edge in image data;
- a thinning judgment means for judging whether or not a thinning process in said image data should be performed;
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- an edge density conversion means for receiving a discrimination signal from said thinning judgment means to perform density conversion of a pixel which is judged to be subject to the thinning process.
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