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US 2021/0201097 A1Published application
Image forming apparatus and image forming method to verify target image using corrected image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYosuke Obayashi, Minoru Kambegawa, Junichi Goda, Masanori Ichikawa
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Abstract
A correct image and print settings are registered in association with each other, the registered correct image is selected based on print settings of a verification target image, and verification is performed by comparing the verification target image with the selected correct image.
Claims9
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printing unit configured to print an image on a recording sheet;
- a reading unit configured to read the image printed on the recording sheet by the printing unit;
- a registration unit configured to register a verification target image printed on a recording sheet by the printing unit and read by the reading unit, as a correct image in association with print settings used in printing the verification target image;
- a selection unit configured to select the correct image registered by the registration unit, based on print settings of a verification target image printed on a recording sheet by the printing unit and read by the reading unit;
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- a verification unit configured to perform verification by comparing the read verification target image with the correct image selected by the selection unit.
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An image forming method comprising:
- printing an image on a recording sheet;
- reading the image printed on the recording sheet;
- registering a verification target image printed on a recording sheet and read, as a correct image in association with print settings used in printing the verification target image;
- selecting the registered correct image, based on print settings of a verification target image printed on a recording sheet and read;
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- performing verification by comparing the read verification target image with the selected correct image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.