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US 8,264,738 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and computer-readable storage medium for image forming program
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsTomohiro Yamaguchi, Takayuki Nabeshima
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus is provided with a scanner that reads a document and generates image data thereof, an information detecting portion that detects, from the image data generated by the scanner, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image, a resolution converting portion that modifies the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information detected by the information detecting portion, an image replacement processing portion, and a printer that prints an image based on the image data thus modified on a recording medium.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a reading portion that reads a document and generates image data;
- an information detecting portion that detects, from the image data generated by the reading portion, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image;
- a modifying portion that modifies the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information detected by the information detecting portion;
- a printer that prints an image based on the image data modified by the modifying portion on a recording medium;
- wherein said image is at least two images;
- and
- in the resolution converting process, the modifying portion modifies the image data by applying an original size and an original forming position of one of the two images to other of the two images for the other of the two images to be formed and applying an original size and an original forming position of the other of the two images to said one of the two images for said one of the two images to be formed.
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An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- reading a document and generating image data;
- detecting, from the image data thus generated, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image;
- modifying the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information thus detected;
- printing an image based on the image data thus modified on a recording medium;
- wherein said image is at least two images;
- and
- in the resolution converting process, the image data is modified by applying an original size and an original forming position of one of the two images to other of the two images for the other of the two images to be formed and applying an original size and an original forming position of the other of the two images to said one of the two images for said one of the two images to be formed.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for use in a computer that performs the steps of:
- reading a document and generating image data;
- detecting, from the image data thus generated, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image;
- modifying the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information thus detected;
- printing an image based on the image data thus modified on a recording medium;
- wherein said image is at least two images;
- and
- in the resolution converting process, the image data is modified by applying an original size and an original forming position of one of the two images to other of the two images for the other of the two images to be formed and applying an original size and an original forming position of the other of the two images to said one of the two images for said one of the two images to be formed.
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An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a reading portion that reads a document and generates image data;
- an information detecting portion that detects, from the image data generated by the reading portion, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image;
- a modifying portion that modifies the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information detected by the information detecting portion;
- a printer that prints an image based on the image data modified by the modifying portion on a recording medium;
- an area discriminating portion that, based on the image data, generates area attribute data indicating a text area, a photograph area, and a graphics area;
- an information embedding portion that embeds the attribute information in the image data;
- wherein the information embedding portion embeds the attribute information based on the area attribute data generated by the area discriminating portion;
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- wherein the information embedding portion embeds the attribute information in the image data in a form of a background pattern.
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An image forming method comprising the steps of:
- reading a document and generating image data;
- detecting, from the image data thus generated, attribute information about areas divided in accordance with a type of an image;
- modifying the image data for each of the areas by performing a resolution converting process on the image in accordance with instructions that are provided by a user based on the attribute information thus detected;
- printing an image based on the image data thus modified on a recording medium;
- generating area attribute data indicating a text area, a photograph area, and a graphics area based on the image data;
- embedding the attribute information in the image data based on the area attribute data thus generated;
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- wherein, in said step of embedding the attribute information in the image data, the attribute information is embedded in the image data in a form of a background pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.