Patent · US Active

Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and storage medium

US11574156B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
0References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateJul 22, 2021
Grant dateFeb 7, 2023
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 22, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K15/408
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus outputs a first number of printed materials, reads the first number of printed materials output to acquire the first number of pieces of scanned image data, the first number being two or more, and controls a density of output printed materials by calculating variations in lightness values in the respective pieces of scanned image data included in scanned image data groups for each scanned image data group having as a unit a second number of pieces of scanned image data consecutive in order of being read among the first number of pieces of scanned image data, the second number being two or more, so that the printed materials are further output until all the variations in the lightness values are less than a first threshold value.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.