Patent ID: 8390883
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a control section comprising a central processing unit, an obtaining section, executed by the control section, that obtains data of numerical values or numerical expressions used to describe a drawing process, and a generating section that generates, based on the data obtained by the obtaining section, image information including color information on a color of each of a plurality of pixels, the image information having a first set of color information that describes at least part of the data using a first color space different from a second color space defined by colors of colorants used by an image forming section, and a second set of color information that specifies an amount of black colorant used by the image forming section for forming each pixel, and the generating section generates overlap information for each pixel based on the second set of color information, wherein if the amount of black colorant specified by the second set of color information is higher than a first threshold for a given pixel from among the plurality of pixels, the generating section generates the overlap information indicating that the given pixel is subjected to an overlapping drawing, and if the amount of black colorant specified by the second set of color information is equal to or lower than the first threshold for the given pixel from among the plurality of pixels, the generating section generates the overlap information indicating that the given pixel is not subjected to an overlapping drawing.