Image forming apparatus and image processing apparatus for deciding amount of reduction of exposure amount indicated by image data

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PATENT NO 12124898
APP PUB NO 20240070420A1
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18237178

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An image forming apparatus includes a unit configured to determine a first region, which is within a range from where a distance from a first edge of an image is a first value to a second value, and a second region, which is within a range from where a distance from the first edge is the second value to a third value; and a decision unit configured to, for each of a plurality of first pixels included in the first region and a plurality of second pixels included in the second region, decide an amount of reduction from an exposure amount, wherein the decision unit makes the amount of reduction of each of the plurality of first pixels greater than the amount of reduction of each of the plurality of second pixels.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA30-2 SHIMOMARUKO 3-CHOME OHTA-KU TOKYO 146-8501

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Araki, Go Shizuoka, JP 33 191
Horiuchi, Yuki Shizuoka, JP 14 48
Shindo, Go Shizuoka, JP 21 75

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