Patent ID: 8259343
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device that outputs a binary image to an output device in which resolution in a main scanning direction is higher than resolution in a sub-scanning direction, the image processing device comprising: a halftone processing unit that compares a multi-value image with a dither matrix to generate a binary image in which the resolution in the main scanning direction is equal to the resolution in the sub-scanning direction; and a thinning unit that thins a plurality of pixels from the binary image in which the resolution in the main scanning direction is equal to the resolution in the sub-scanning direction to generate the binary image in which the resolution (H (dpi)) in the main scanning direction is higher than the resolution (L (dpi)) in the sub-scanning direction, wherein the halftone processing unit generates a dither matrix including S pieces of lines in the sub-scanning direction (where S=(P−Q)+1, and where P=H/B, Q=L/B and B is the greatest common factor between H and L), wherein a first line to an S-th line among the S pieces of the lines are adjacent to each other in the sub-scanning direction and hold the same threshold rows, and wherein the thinning unit outputs, as pixels adjacent in the main scanning direction in the binary image in which the resolution in the main scanning direction is higher than the resolution in the sub-scanning direction, pixels in a binary image obtained using an F-th dither value in the main scanning direction among dither threshold rows contained in an F-th line (where 1<=F<=S−1) among the S pieces of the lines and pixels in a binary image obtained using a (F+1)-th dither value in the main scanning direction among dither threshold rows contained in a (F+1)-th line among the S pieces of the lines.