Image forming apparatus and image forming method
AssigneeCanon Kabuhshiki Kaisha
InventorsKimitaka Arai, Hideki Kubo
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Abstract
Provided is an image forming apparatus that forms a layer of at least one type of scattering material. The image forming apparatus is configured to obtain subsurface scattering characteristic data indicating the subsurface scattering characteristic of a reproducing target, and determine the laminated structure of the layer of the scattering material based on the subsurface scattering characteristic data. The image forming apparatus is configured to then form an image corresponding to the layer of the scattering material based on the determined laminated structure of the layer of the scattering material.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus that forms a layer of at least one type of printing material by recording the printing material on a recoding medium, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- a memory storing a program which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the image forming apparatus to:
- obtain subsurface scattering characteristic data indicating an intensity of exiting light from a reproducing target according to a distance from a position of incidence of light into the reproducing target;
- determine a recording amount of the printing material used for forming the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the subsurface scattering characteristic data;
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- form an image corresponding to the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the determined recording amount.
An image forming method for forming a layer of at least one type of printing material by recording the printing material on the recording medium, the method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining subsurface scattering characteristic data indicating an intensity of exiting light from a reproducing target according to a distance from a position of incidence of light into the reproducing target;
- a determination step of determining a recording amount of the printing material used for forming the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the subsurface scattering characteristic data;
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- a formation step of forming an image corresponding to the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the determined recording amount.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program which causes a computer to perform an image forming method for forming a layer of at least one type of printing material by recording the printing material on a recording medium, the method comprising:
- an obtaining step of obtaining subsurface scattering characteristic data indicating an intensity of exiting light from a reproducing target according to a distance from a position of incidence of light into the reproducing target;
- a determination step of determining a recording amount of the printing material used for forming the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the subsurface scattering characteristic data;
- and
- a formation step of forming an image corresponding to the layer of the printing material on the recording medium based on the determined recording amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.