# US 11,909,937 B2 · Processing system, processing apparatus, processing method, and storage medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,909,937 B2 - Document ID: US11909937B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/311,303 - Filed: 2023-05-03 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-06 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Tanmoy Majumder - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11909937B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/60: Colour correction or control {(H04N1/54 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/6052: {Matching two or more picture signal generators or two or more picture reproducers} - G06K 15/1849: {using an intermediate representation, e.g. a list of graphical primitives} - G06K 15/1889: {Merging with other data} - G06V 10/469: {Contour-based spatial representations, e.g. vector-coding} - G06V 10/50: by performing operations within image blocks; by using histograms, e.g. histogram of oriented gradients [HoG]; by summing image-intensity values; Projection analysis - G06V 10/56: relating to colour - G06V 10/761: {Proximity, similarity or dissimilarity measures} - G06V 20/60: Type of objects - H04N 1/6013: {by simulating several colour corrected versions of the same image simultaneously on the same picture reproducer} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract A processing system includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor obtains first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation, searches job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image, outputs a list of the detected data of the similar image, causes an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list, obtains second read data of the formed image, and performs color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A processing system comprising a hardware processor that: obtains first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation; searches job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image; outputs a list of the detected data of the similar image; causes an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list; obtains second read data of the formed image; and performs color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor is capable of searching for and detecting, as the data of the similar image, data of an image similar to a full image of the obtained first read data and data including an image similar to an individual image that is a part of the full image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The processing system according to claim 2, wherein the hardware processor searches for the data of the image similar to the full image, and searches for the data including the image similar to the individual image in response to not detecting the data of the image similar to the full image having a degree of the similarity satisfying a predetermined criterion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the detected data of the similar image includes data of similar images, and wherein the hardware processor obtains a degree of the similarity of each of the data of the similar images, and generates the list in descending order of the degree of the similarity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The processing system according to claim 2, wherein the detected data of the similar image includes data of similar images, wherein the hardware processor obtains a degree of the similarity of each of the data of the similar images, and generates the list in descending order of the degree of the similarity, and wherein the image similar to the full image is higher than the image similar to the individual image in the degree of the similarity. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, further comprising an operation receiving section that receives an input operation, wherein the hardware processor determines the selected data in accordance with a content of the input operation received by the operation receiving section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, wherein the hardware processor performs a predetermined notification operation of notifying no detected data in response to not detecting the data of the similar image having a degree of the similarity satisfying a predetermined criterion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The processing system according to claim 1, further comprising the image forming apparatus that forms a color-adjusted image. ### Claim 9 A processing apparatus comprising a hardware processor that: obtains first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation; searches job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image; outputs a list of the detected data of the similar image; causes an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list; obtains second read data of the formed image; and performs color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data. ### Claim 10 A processing method comprising: obtaining first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation; searching job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image; outputting a list of the detected data of the similar image; causing an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list; obtaining second read data of the formed image; and performing color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to: obtain first read data of a sample image for image data included in user desired job data for image formation; search job data stored in a storage section for data of a similar image to an image included in the obtained first read data to detect the data of the similar image; output a list of the detected data of the similar image; cause an image forming apparatus to form an image based on selected data selected from the data included in the list; obtain second read data of the formed image; and perform color adjustment on the selected data based on the first read data and the second read data.