Abstract: An object is to reduce a difference between a target line width and a width of a line that is printed by a printing apparatus by correcting the line width in accordance with color information indicating a color of the line in a case where an image is printed by the printing apparatus based on image data including the line based on print data. The present disclosure is an image processing apparatus having an acquisition unit configured to acquire a drawing command in which a color and a line width of a line are specified, a determination unit configured to determine a correction amount for correcting the line width specified in the drawing command based on the color of the line specified in the drawing command, and a correction unit configured to correct the line width specified in the drawing command in accordance with the correction amount.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to enable a user to easily set a line width adjustment value in a case where line widths are matched between different printing apparatuses. One embodiment of the present invention is an information processing apparatus that performs processing for putting a width of a line in an output in a case where printing is performed by a first printing apparatus based on print data including a line close to a width of a line in an output in a case where printing is performed by a second printing apparatus based on the print data and has: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information relating to an output in a case where printed matter including a plurality of line width detection images is printed by the second printing apparatus.

Abstract: A width in a first direction of a line in image data corresponding to an image to be printed by a printing apparatus is corrected, based on information on print result of line-width detection images printed based on line-width detection image data in a raster format which is generated by performing rasterization processing on line-width detection image data in a vector format. In the line-width detection image data in the vector format, a distance between centers of the widths in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction in each line-width detection image is an integral multiple of a rasterization resolution in the rasterization processing.

Abstract: Print data for a printing apparatus to print a line-width detection image including first multiple patches is obtained. Each of the first multiple patches includes multiple lines arranged side by side in a first direction, each line having a first width in the first direction and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The distance between the centers in the first direction of two lines adjacent in the first direction of the multiple lines is different from one another. The widths of lines included in an image to be printed by the printing apparatus are corrected based on information on print result of the line-width detection image by the printing apparatus.

Abstract: According to the present invention, a light guiding laminate including a light guide plate with good visibility and an anisotropic optical film, and a planar light source device including the light guiding laminate and a light source are provided.

Abstract: A display device including an anti-glare film containing: at least an anti-glare layer 1 in which a first surface la is an uneven surface; and an anisotropic light diffusion layer 3 provided on a second surface 1b side of the anti-glare layer 1, wherein the anisotropic light diffusion layer 3 includes a matrix region and a plurality of pillar regions having refractive indices different from that of the matrix region, the pillar regions extend from one surface side toward the other surface side of the anisotropic light diffusion layer 3, and an average height of the pillar regions in a thickness direction of the anisotropic light diffusion layer 3 is 80% or more of a thickness of the anisotropic light diffusion layer 3 suppresses the occurrence of scintillation and the decrease in front contrast.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus processes image data to be used in a printing apparatus configured to perform forward and backward scan printing by using a print head in which nozzle arrays corresponding to multiple colors are aligned. The image processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a first control parameter in a case where image data to be processed does not include a line portion and to set a second control parameter in a case where the image data to be processed includes a line portion, the second parameter being different from the first control parameter; and a processing unit configured to perform, for the image data to be processed, processing to suppress a difference between a color printed in a forward scan and a color printed in a backward scan based on the control parameter set by the setting unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a determination unit that determines a print operation to be performed and a generation unit that generates quantized data for printing a dot by comparing a threshold value and the multi-valued data. In a case of performing a first print operation, dot arrangement of the multiple types of inks printed on the print medium by the print unit on a basis of pieces of quantized data generated by the generation unit is higher in exclusiveness and dispersibility between or among dots of the multiple types of inks and lower in an overlap rate between or among the dots of the multiple types of inks than dot arrangement of the multiple types of inks printed on the print medium by the print unit on a basis of the pieces of quantized data generated by the generation unit in the case of performing the second print operation.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit setting the number of pieces of image data to be selected, an identifying unit identifying, based on a photographing date and time of each piece of image data of an image data group, a photographing period of the image data group, a dividing unit dividing the identified photographing period into a plurality of photographing sections, a selection unit selecting image data from an image data group corresponding to a target photographing section based on predetermined criteria, and a generation unit generating a layout image by arranging an image based on the selected image data, wherein selection of image data is repeated by setting an unselected photographing section as a next target photographing section to select a number of pieces of image data corresponding to the set number, and wherein the number of photographing sections is determined according to the set number.

Abstract: An image processing method for selecting an image to be output includes evaluating a plurality of first images having a first attribute and a plurality of second images having a second attribute; performing a plurality of selection processes for selecting a plurality of images to be output from among the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images based on evaluation of the plurality of first images and the plurality of second images obtained in the evaluating; and outputting the selected plurality of images. The plurality of selection processes include a selection process for selecting an image to be output from among the plurality of first images by excluding the plurality of second images from selection candidates.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which employs a dither method capable of printing a thin line of desired density without any break irrespective of printing conditions. The first threshold changing unit changes part of threshold values in a threshold matrix to generate a first threshold matrix so as to increase the number of dots to be printed in a specific pixel area. The second threshold changing unit changes part of threshold values in the threshold matrix to generate a second threshold matrix such that the number of dots to be printed in a specific pixel area is smaller than the case of changing a threshold value by the first threshold changing unit. A determining unit determines whether a threshold value in the threshold matrix is to be changed by the first threshold changing unit or by the second threshold changing unit.

Abstract: Provided are an image processing apparatus, image processing method, and display apparatus capable of processing a printed image including a color metallic area to be printed by applying color ink containing coloring material and metallic ink containing metal particles on top of each other, into an image displayable on the display apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes: a generation unit that generates preview image data for displaying a preview image on a display apparatus, based on image data for printing a color metallic image including the color metallic area; and a control unit that controls the display apparatus such that the preview image is displayed based on the preview image data generated by the generation unit. A color that expresses the color metallic area in the preview image data is different from a color forming the color metallic area in the image data.

Abstract: An image processing method in which a feature amount is analyzed for each of a plurality of images as layout target candidates. First and second image evaluations are performed for an image of the plurality of images, in accordance with first and second (different) evaluation criteria. A main image to be laid out on a main slot in a template is selected from the plurality of images based on the first image evaluation for each of the plurality of images. A sub image is selected to be laid out on a sub slot in the template, which is smaller than the main slot, based on the second image evaluation for each of the plurality of images. The main image is laid out on the main slot in the template, and the sub image is laid out on the sub slot in the template.

Abstract: The present invention provides an image processing apparatus which employs a dither method capable of printing a thin line of desired density without any break irrespective of printing conditions. The first threshold changing unit changes part of threshold values in a threshold matrix to generate a first threshold matrix so as to increase the number of dots to be printed in a specific pixel area. The second threshold changing unit changes part of threshold values in the threshold matrix to generate a second threshold matrix such that the number of dots to be printed in a specific pixel area is smaller than the case of changing a threshold value by the first threshold changing unit. A determining unit determines whether a threshold value in the threshold matrix is to be changed by the first threshold changing unit or by the second threshold changing unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus processes image data to be used in a printing apparatus configured to perform forward and backward scan printing by using a print head in which nozzle arrays corresponding to multiple colors are aligned. The image processing apparatus includes: a setting unit configured to set a first control parameter in a case where image data to be processed does not include a line portion and to set a second control parameter in a case where the image data to be processed includes a line portion, the second parameter being different from the first control parameter; and a processing unit configured to perform, for the image data to be processed, processing to suppress a difference between a color printed in a forward scan and a color printed in a backward scan based on the control parameter set by the setting unit.

Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an acquiring unit, a first control unit, a selecting unit, a second control unit, a switching unit, and an arranging unit. The acquiring unit acquires an image group including pieces of image data. The first control unit displays a layout image in which images selected from the acquired image group are arranged in slots. The selecting unit selects a change target slot in which an image to be changed is arranged from the slots in the displayed layout image. The second control unit displays candidate images which are selected based on the image arranged in the change target slot. The switching unit switches the displayed candidate images to candidate images selected based on an image arranged in a slot different from the change target slot. The arranging unit arranges a candidate image selected from the displayed candidate images in the change target slot.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus that generates a halftone image by quantizing an input image includes: a holding unit configured to hold a threshold value matrix in which different threshold values are arranged; a pixel position determination unit configured to determine a candidate of a pixel position whose threshold value is to be rewritten based on each pixel value of a plurality of pixels included in a predetermined area for the predetermined area in the input image; and a threshold value determination unit configured to determine a threshold value of the pixel position determined to be the candidate by using at least one threshold value of a plurality of threshold values corresponding to the predetermined area.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, an evaluating unit, a selecting unit, and an output unit. The first acquiring unit acquires a first template group and a second template group. The second acquiring unit acquires a first layout candidate information group based on the first template group and a second layout candidate information group based on the second template group. The evaluating unit evaluates a plurality of layout candidate information pieces at least including the first layout candidate information group and the second layout candidate information group to provide an evaluation. The selecting unit selects a template corresponding to one layout candidate information piece of the plurality of layout candidate information pieces evaluated by the evaluating unit based on the evaluation provided by the evaluating unit. The output unit outputs a layout result based on the template selected by the selecting unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus converts multi-valued data into multi-valued quantized data having fewer levels than the multi-valued data. The apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires threshold values, a provisional quantization unit that sets a provisional quantized value with respect to the multi-valued data, and a quantization unit that decides a quantized value with respect to the multi-valued data based on a result of comparing comparative multi-valued data for the multi-valued data to the threshold value. The quantization unit decides the quantized value so that in a case where the multi-valued data is the same intermediate value, pixels having the value larger than provisional quantized value increase, pixels having the provisional quantized value do not change in number, and pixels having the value smaller than the provisional quantized value decrease in a designated pixel area as the value of the multi-valued data rises.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus has a determination unit that determines a print operation to be performed and a generation unit that generates quantized data for printing a dot by comparing a threshold value and the multi-valued data. In a case of performing a first print operation, dot arrangement of the multiple types of inks printed on the print medium by the print unit on a basis of pieces of quantized data generated by the generation unit is higher in exclusiveness and dispersibility between or among dots of the multiple types of inks and lower in an overlap rate between or among the dots of the multiple types of inks than dot arrangement of the multiple types of inks printed on the print medium by the print unit on a basis of the pieces of quantized data generated by the generation unit in the case of performing the second print operation.