{"schema_version":"1.0","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542409","patent":{"patent_number":"US-8542409","title":"Printing apparatus, printing method and method of generating dither mask","assignee":null,"inventors":[],"filing_date":"2010-04-06T00:00:00.000Z","publication_date":"2013-09-24T00:00:00.000Z","cpc_codes":["H04N"],"num_claims":5,"abstract":"A printing apparatus is provided with a halftone unit performing a halftone process in which a possibility of dot formation is determined for each pixel based on a dot occurrence rate of the pixel constituting image data, and a printing unit forming dots on a recording medium based on the possibility of dot formation. The halftone unit predicts the occurrence of dot overlap in which a plurality of dots overlaps on the printing medium and performs the halftone process based on an evaluation index according to the dot overlap."},"analysis":{"summary":null,"layman_explanation":null,"technical_analysis":null,"business_analysis":null,"faqs":null,"topics":[],"tech_cluster":null},"seo":{"title":"Printing apparatus, printing method and method of generating dither mask","description":"A printing apparatus is provided with a halftone unit performing a halftone process in which a possibility of dot formation is determined for each pixel based on a dot occurrence rate of the pixel con","keywords":[]},"attribution":{"source":"Patentable","source_url":"https://patentable.app","canonical_url":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542409","license":"CC-BY-4.0-like","license_terms":"AI-generated analysis on this page (summary, layman_explanation, technical_analysis, business_analysis, faqs) may be reused with attribution and a visible link back to the canonical URL above. Patent abstracts, claims, and bibliographic data are USPTO public domain.","required_link":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542409","citation_suggestion":"Patentable. \"Printing apparatus, printing method and method of generating dither mask\" (US-8542409). https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542409","copyright_holder":"Nomic Interactive Technology LLC"},"links":{"html":"https://patentable.app/patents/US-8542409","json":"https://patentable.app/api/llm-context/US-8542409","site":"https://patentable.app","llms_txt":"https://patentable.app/llms.txt"},"generated_at":"2026-05-31T07:46:27.236Z"}