Patent ID: 9507289
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: G03G,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image forming apparatus that forms an image based on image data, comprising: a photosensitive member; an exposure unit configured to form an electrostatic latent image by exposing the photosensitive member; a developing unit configured to form an image by developing the electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member with developer; a specifying unit configured to specify, based on image data, a pixel to be subjected to correction from among pixels of an image to be formed from the image data; and a correction unit configured to correct image data corresponding to the pixel to be subjected to correction to correct an exposure amount for the pixel to be subjected to correction according to a distance between the pixel to be subjected to correction and an edge of the image to be formed from the image data.