Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selecting dither matrix based upon determination of toner
- Patent Title (中): 根据墨粉的测定选择抖动矩阵
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Application No.: US13040446Application Date: 2011-03-04
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Publication No.: US08625163B2Publication Date: 2014-01-07
- Inventor: Takuya Shimahashi
- Applicant: Takuya Shimahashi
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-Shi, Aichi-Ken
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2010-146392 20100628
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; G06K9/00 ; B41J2/385

Abstract:
A dither matrix selecting device includes a storage unit, a determining unit, and a selecting unit. The storage unit is configured to store a first dither matrix and a second dither matrix different from the first dither matrix. The first dither matrix includes a plurality of sub-matrices. Each sub-matrix of the first dither matrix has a plurality of threshold values such that a single dot grows from a starting pixel as an input value increases. Each sub-matrix has a first region and a second region different from the first region. Each threshold value allocated in the first region is smaller than a prescribed value. An arrangement of each threshold value in the first region is identical for all of the plurality of sub-matrices. The determining unit is configured to determine whether or not toner accommodated in a printing device is a specified toner. The selecting unit is configured to select the first dither matrix when the determining unit determines that the toner is not the specified toner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110317174A1 DITHER MATRIX SELECTING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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