Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakanori Itoh
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a protected area determining unit that determines a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper; a grain-direction acquiring unit that acquires a grain direction of the recording paper; a pattern determining unit that determines a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction; a pattern generating unit that generates the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction; and a color material forming unit that forms the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.
Claims7
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a protected area determining unit that determines a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper;
- a grain-direction acquiring unit that acquires a grain direction of the recording paper;
- a pattern determining unit that determines a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction;
- a pattern generating unit that generates the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction;
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- a color material forming unit that forms the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.
An image processing method comprising:
- determining, by a protected area determining unit, a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper;
- acquiring, by a grain-direction acquiring unit, a grain direction of the recording paper;
- determining, by a pattern determining unit, a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction;
- generating, by a pattern generating unit, the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction;
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- forming, by a color material forming unit, the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable program codes, performed by a computer, the program codes when executed causing the computer to execute:
- determining a protected area to be protected by forming a transparent color material pattern made of a transparent color material on recording paper;
- acquiring a grain direction of the recording paper;
- determining a direction of the transparent color material pattern based on the acquired grain direction;
- generating the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction;
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- forming the transparent color material pattern in the determined direction on the protected area of the recording paper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.