Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018239282-A1
Application number	US-201715698872-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	Feb 17, 2017
Publication date	Aug 23, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a conversion unit. The reception unit receives as a designated color a color of an image desired to be seeable when irradiated with light at a specific wavelength. The conversion unit converts, when converting image data on an image to be printed into print data, a color value of the designated color received by the reception unit into a color value including a value for outputting a special color material that has absorption properties for the light at the specific wavelength.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An image processing apparatus comprising:
a reception unit that receives as a designated color a color of an image desired to be seeable when irradiated with light at a specific wavelength; and a conversion unit that converts, when converting image data on an image to be printed into print data, a color value of the designated color received by the reception unit into a color value including a value for outputting a special color material that has absorption properties for the light at the specific wavelength.

2 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the conversion unit converts, when converting the image data on the image to be printed into print data that designate amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black color materials to be output, the image data into print data that do not allow outputting the black color material.

3 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the conversion unit converts the image data on the image desired to be printed into print data including a value for outputting the special color material so that an invisible image constituted of the special color material is output as superposed on an image in the designated color received by the reception unit.

4 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an arrangement unit that makes arrangements such that the designated color received by the reception unit is not identical or similar to a designated color for a different apparatus.

5 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the special color material is an infrared absorbing color material that has absorption properties for infrared light.

6 . The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a change unit that increases a value of a background image of an image formed using the special color material in a case where the value of the background image is equal to or less than a value set in advance.

7 . An image forming apparatus comprising:
a reception unit that receives as a designated color a color of an image desired to be seeable when irradiated with light at a specific wavelength; a conversion unit that converts, when converting image data on an image to be printed into print data, a color value of the designated color received by the reception unit into a color value including a value for outputting a special color material that has absorption properties for the light at the specific wavelength; and an output unit that outputs an image on a basis of the print data which result from a conversion performed by the conversion unit.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
receiving as a designated color a color of an image desired to be seeable when irradiated with light at a specific wavelength; and converting, when converting image data on an image to be printed into print data, a color value of the received designated color into a color value including a value for outputting a special color material that has absorption properties for the light at the specific wavelength.

Assignees

• Fuji Xerox Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sakai Noriko

Classifications

• H04N1/54

  Conversion of colour picture signals to a plurality of signals some of which represent particular mixed colours, e.g. for textile printing · CPC title

• B42D25/382 Primary

  absorbing or reflecting infrared light · CPC title

• G03G15/6585

  by using non-standard toners, e.g. transparent toner, gloss adding devices · CPC title

• H04N1/32309

  in colour image data · CPC title

• H04N1/6022

  Generating a fourth subtractive colour signal, e.g. under colour removal, black masking · CPC title