Patent ID: 7808678
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device comprising: a multivalue-converting unit that converts input binary image data including a plurality of color components into multivalued image data; a restriction unit that restricts imaging materials to be used for multivalued image data produced by the multivalue-converting unit; and a binarizing unit that binarizes the multivalued image data for which the imaging materials to be used have been restricted by the restriction unit, wherein the multivalue-converting unit includes a first multivalue-converting unit that converts the binary image data for a specific color component into multivalued image data and a second multivalue-converting unit that converts the binary image data for color components other than the specific color component into multivalued image data, and the restriction unit restricts the quantities of the imaging materials to be used for multivalued image data produced by the second multivalue-converting