Inspection apparatus and method for controlling inspection apparatus for inspecting a printed material
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasaaki Muraishi
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Abstract
An inspection apparatus configured to be communicably connected to an image forming apparatus for printing an image on a sheet, includes a controller for receiving at least a reference image and print setting information, registering the reference image based on the print setting information, receiving a scanned image generated by reading a printed material on which an image is printed on the sheet, and inspecting the printed material based on the scanned image and the reference image corresponding to the scanned image. The controller is arranged to perform the inspection using reference data when the scanned image includes a blank page for which a corresponding reference image is not registered.
Claims14
An inspection apparatus configured to be communicably connected to an image forming apparatus for printing an image on a sheet, the inspection apparatus comprising a controller for:
- receiving at least a reference image and print setting information;
- registering the reference image based on the print setting information;
- receiving a scanned image generated by reading a printed material on which an image is printed on the sheet;
- and
- inspecting the printed material based on the scanned image and the reference image corresponding to the scanned image,
- wherein the controller is arranged to perform the inspection using reference data when the scanned image comprises a blank page for which a corresponding reference image is not registered,
- wherein the controller is arranged to generate a reference image corresponding to the blank page, and
- wherein the reference data comprises the reference image corresponding to the blank page generated by the controller.
A method for controlling an inspection apparatus configured to be communicably connected to at least an image forming apparatus configured to print an image on a sheet, the method comprising:
- receiving at least a reference image and print setting information;
- registering the reference image based on the print setting information;
- receiving a scanned image generated by reading a printed material on which an image is printed on the sheet;
- and
- inspecting the printed material based on the scanned image and the reference image corresponding to the scanned image,
- wherein inspection is performed, using reference data, when the scanned image comprises a blank page for which a corresponding reference image is not registered,
- wherein the inspection apparatus generates a reference image corresponding to the blank page, and
- wherein the reference data comprises the reference image corresponding to the blank page generated by the inspection apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.