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Image inspecting apparatus, computer-readable recording medium storing a program, image processing apparatus, and image forming apparatus

US11250558B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 17, 2020
Grant dateFeb 15, 2022
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T2207/30144
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An inspection image is assumed to contain many abnormalities when a reference image and an inspection image are misaligned. It has been impossible to determine whether the abnormalities are attributed to the inspection image. An image inspecting apparatus includes: a print alignment portion that aligns a print position of a reference image with a print position of an inspection image; an abnormality detector that detects an abnormality in the inspection image based on a difference between the reference image and the inspection image after print positions are aligned; and a print alignment result evaluator that evaluates a print position alignment result from aligning a print position of the reference image with a print position of the inspection image including an abnormality detected based on dispersion of the difference included in an evaluation region around an edge calculated from a printout image included in the reference image.

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