US Patent Issued to Seiko Epson on Aug. 19 for "Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and image processing method for converting image data into dot data" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,600, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Seiko Epson Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing apparatus, printing apparatus, and image processing method for converting image data into dot data" was invented by Hiroki Sato (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A total sum obtained by multiplying a distribution ratio set for each of distribution destination pixels by a relative position in a first direction is a first direction total sum, a total sum obtained by multiplying the distribution ratio set for each of the distribution destination pixels by a relative position in a second direction is a second direction total sum, a ratio of t...