Patent ID: 8836994
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A data processing system for an image formation apparatus by which a print head is allowed to scan the same printing region on a printing medium a plurality of times to perform a printing operation to thereby form an image on the same printing region, the system comprising: a storage unit configured to store a plurality of mask pattern data groups including a plurality of pieces of mask pattern data, the mask pattern data being used for dividing inputted image data to generate divided data corresponding to printing operations of a plurality of scannings of the print head; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information regarding a frequency characteristic of an image indicated by data corresponding to at least one scanning in the divided data with regard to the plurality of the mask pattern data groups, based on the input image data and the mask pattern data groups; and a selection unit configured to select, based on the frequency characteristic represented by the information acquired by the acquisition unit, from among the plurality of mask pattern data groups, a mask pattern data group to be applied to the inputted image data for the printing.