IP Library Granted Patent US 12684077
Granted Patent B2
US 12684077 · App. 18/180,925 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Information processing apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, non-transitory computer readable medium, and information processing method for changing reading process according to document placement

Inventor: Takuma Munehiro (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00809H04N1/00702H04N1/00721H04N1/00766H04N1/00777
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Patent No.
US 12684077
App. No.
18/180,925
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a processor configured to: obtain information about a form of placement of a document placed on a document stage of an apparatus that performs reading of the document by capturing an image of the document stage on which the document is placed; and change a process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with the form of placement of the document on the document stage.

Claims (46)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor configured to:

obtain information about a form of placement of a document placed on a document stage of an apparatus that performs reading of the document by capturing an image of the document stage on which the document is placed; and

change a process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with the form of placement of the document on the document stage, wherein

the processor is configured to, in a case where a position of the document placed on the document stage is a position close to an outer edge of the document stage, not allow a specific process to be performed, and in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is at a center part of the document stage or a position close to the center part, allow the specific process to be performed.

2 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is the position close to the outer edge of the document stage, not allow storing, in an information storage, of a reading result obtained by reading of the document by the apparatus to be performed, and in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is not the position close to the outer edge of the document stage, allow the storing in the information storage to be performed.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is within a predetermined surrounding region that is positioned around a center part of the document stage, not allow the specific process to be performed, and in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is within a region surrounded by the surrounding region, allow the specific process to be performed.

4 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

change the process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with a slant of the document on the document stage on which the document is placed.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

in a case where the slant of the document on the document stage is larger than a predetermined threshold, not allow the specific process that is performed in association with reading of the document to be performed, and in a case where the slant of the document on the document stage is smaller than the predetermined threshold, allow the specific process to be performed.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

in a case where the slant of the document on the document stage is larger than the predetermined threshold, not allow storing, in an information storage, of a reading result obtained by reading of the document by the apparatus to be performed, and in a case where the slant of the document on the document stage is smaller than the predetermined threshold, allow storing of the reading result in the information storage to be performed.

7 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

change the process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with an angle between a predetermined reference direction and an up-down direction of the document, the up-down direction being identified based on an image formed on the document placed on the document stage.

8 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

in a case where a plurality of documents, including the document, are placed on the document stage, change a process that is performed in association with reading of the plurality of documents, in accordance with a slant of the document.

9 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein:

the processor is configured to:

change the process that is performed in association with reading of the plurality of documents, in accordance with a slant of the document having a largest slant among the plurality of documents.

10 . An image reading apparatus comprising:

an apparatus that performs reading of a document by capturing an image of a document stage on which the document is placed; and

an information processing apparatus that processes information related to the apparatus, wherein:

the information processing apparatus comprises the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 .

11 . An image forming apparatus comprising:

an apparatus that performs reading of a document by capturing an image of a document stage on which the document is placed;

an information processing apparatus that processes information related to the apparatus; and

an image former that forms an image on a recording material, wherein:

the information processing apparatus comprises the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 .

12 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for information processing, the process comprising:

obtaining information about a form of placement of a document placed on a document stage of an apparatus that performs reading of the document by capturing an image of the document stage on which the document is placed; and

changing a process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with the form of placement of the document on the document stage, wherein

in a case where a position of the document placed on the document stage is a position close to an outer edge of the document stage, a specific process is not allowed to be performed, and in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is at a center part of the document stage or a position close to the center part, the specific process is allowed to be performed.

13 . An information processing method comprising:

obtaining information about a form of placement of a document placed on a document stage of an apparatus that performs reading of the document by capturing an image of the document stage on which the document is placed; and

changing a process that is performed in association with reading of the document, in accordance with the form of placement of the document on the document stage, wherein

in a case where a position of the document placed on the document stage is a position close to an outer edge of the document stage, a specific process is not allowed to be performed, and in a case where the position of the document placed on the document stage is at a center part of the document stage or a position close to the center part, the specific process is allowed to be performed.