Image forming apparatus and image forming method performing image position adjustment
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorTakeshi Yoshino
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section capable of forming an image on a sheet of paper based on an input image, a display section for displaying the input image, an operation section which receives a user's input operation to designate three or more arbitrary number of points inside the input image displayed on the display section as adjustment points, and designates at least one destination of the three or more adjustment points, and an image processing section which calculates each moving amount of the adjustment points from position information on the destinations of the adjustment points designated by the operation section so as to adjust a position of an image of a region enclosed by the three or more adjustment points.
Claims12
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image forming section capable of forming an image on a sheet of paper based on an input image;
- a display section for displaying the input image;
- an operation section which receives a user's input operation to designate three or more points inside the input image displayed on the display section as adjustment points, and designates at least one destination of the three or more adjustment points;
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- an image processing section which calculates each moving amount of the adjustment points from position information on the at least one destination of the adjustment points designated by the operation section so as to adjust a position of an image of a region enclosed by the three or more adjustment points.
An image forming method implemented by an image forming apparatus which allows an image to be formed on a sheet of paper based on an input image, the image forming method comprising:
- displaying the input image to be formed on the sheet of paper on a display section:
- allowing an operation section to receive a user's input operation to designate three or more positions inside the input image displayed on the display section as adjustment points, and to designate at least one destination of the three or more adjustment points;
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- calculating each moving amount of the adjustment points from position information on the at least one destination of the adjustment points designated by the operation section, and adjusting a position of an image of a region enclosed by the three or more adjustment points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.