Patent ID: 6100996
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing apparatus comprising:transmission means for transmitting data to image output means;obtaining means for obtaining from the image output means status information representing a status thereof; andbinarization means for binarizing multi-value image data into binary image data, said binarization means comprising memory means for storing a plurality of threshold matrices in correspondence to respective different statuses of the image output means and selection means for selecting based on the status information obtained by said obtaining means one of the plurality of threshold matrices stored in said memory means such that degradation of output image due to the status of the image output means may be eliminated, wherein said binarization means binarizes the multi-value image data into the binary image data using the one threshold matrix selected by said selection means,wherein said transmission means transmits the binary image data to the image output means.