Patent ID: 11968343
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second obtaining unit:
further obtains region information indicating a first region and a second region, the first region read in reading of the print original to have a higher density than the second region, the second region read in the reading of the print original to have a lower density than the first region,
obtains the first multiplexed image in which the first information is embedded in the original image by embedding a plurality of the patterns whose shapes are changed in the first region while switching the patterns and in which a pattern that includes fewer pixels printed adjacent to one another than the first region is embedded in the second region, and
wherein the control unit performs control of outputting the print data by using the second multiplexed image.