US 2025/0348248 A1Published application

Inspection system, inspection apparatus and method of controlling the same

AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorERIKA AZUMA

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Abstract

The printing apparatus prints on a print medium based on print image data to generate a printed material and transmits/receives the print image data and print settings information of the print image data. The inspection apparatus receives the print image data and the print settings information, generates a reference image using the print image data and the print settings information, registers the generated reference image, stores settings information for inspecting the printed material, and performs an inspection of the printed material on a basis of the settings information, a scanned image of an image printed on the printed material and a reference image corresponding to the scanned image. In the inspection, if the settings information includes a predetermined setting, the inspection apparatus inspects a scanned image corresponding to a blank using a predetermined reference image.

Claims21

Dependent claims

An inspection system comprising an inspection apparatus and a printing apparatus communicatively connected to one another,

the printing apparatus including
one or more first controllers including one or more first processors and one or more first memories, the one or more first controllers configured to:
print on a print medium on a basis of print image data and generate a printed material, and
transmit and receive the print image data and print settings information of the print image data, and
the inspection apparatus including
one or more second controllers including one or more second processors and one or more second memories, the one of more second controllers configured to:
receive the print image data and the print settings information from the printing apparatus,
generate a reference image using the print image data and the print settings information received,
register the reference image generated,
store settings information for inspecting the printed material, and
perform an inspection of the printed material on a basis of the settings information, a scanned image obtained by scanning an image printed on the printed material, and a reference image corresponding to the scanned image,
wherein in the inspection, if the settings information includes a predetermined setting, the one or more second controllers inspect a scanned image corresponding to a blank using a predetermined reference image.

9 more elements

An inspection apparatus configured to receive and inspect a printed material printed by a printing apparatus, comprising:

one or more controllers including one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers being configured to:
generate a reference image using print image data of the printed material and print settings information,
register the reference image generated,
store settings information for inspecting the printed material, and
perform an inspection of the printed material on a basis of the settings information, a scanned image obtained by scanning an image printed on the printed material, and a reference image corresponding to the scanned image,
wherein, in the inspection, if the settings information includes a predetermined setting, the one or more controllers inspect a scanned image corresponding to a blank using a predetermined reference image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/193,228Filed 29 Apr 2025
Priority: JP 2024-0760898 May 2024
Published: 13 Nov 2025
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Classification9 codes

G06F 3/1204
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in reduced user or operator actions, e.g. presetting, automatic…
G06F 3/1208
Improving or facilitating administration, e.g. print management: resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours,…
G06F 3/1231
Printer resources management or printer maintenance, e.g. device status, power levels: device related settings, e.g. IP address, Name, Identification
G06F 3/1256
Configuration of print job parameters, e.g. using UI at the client: user feedback, e.g. print preview, test print, proofing, pre-flight checks