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US 12689694 · App. 18/569,479 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Information processing device to display sample image and comparative sample image of mode specified by a user side by side

Inventors: Yurika Takayama (Kahoku, JP); Toshihiko Nagae (Kahoku, JP); Hirotaka Furuya (Kahoku, JP)

Assignee: PFU LIMITED

H04N1/00448 H04N1/00482 H04N1/00822 H04N1/0097 H04N2201/0081

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Patent No.: US 12689694
App. No.: 18/569,479
Granted: Jul 21, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Provided is an information processing apparatus to improve usability when a user sets an imaging mode or an image processing mode. An information processing apparatus includes a storage where, for each of a plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, a comparative imaging mode different from the imaging mode or a comparative image processing mode different from the image processing mode, a sample image being an image of a sample medium imaged with the imaging mode or an image acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing of the image processing mode on an image of the sample medium, and a comparative sample image being an image of the sample medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the sample medium are stored in advance, a communication device to communicate with an image reading apparatus, a display to display a sample image and a comparative sample image of an imaging mode or an image processing mode specified by a user side by side, and a setting module to set an imaging mode or an image processing mode set by the user to the image reading apparatus through the communication device.

Claims (42)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:

a storage where, for each of a plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, a comparative imaging mode different from the imaging mode or a comparative image processing mode different from the image processing mode, a sample image being an image of a sample medium imaged with the imaging mode or an image of the sample medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode on an image of the sample medium, and a comparative sample image being an image of the sample medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the sample medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the sample medium are stored in advance; and

a display to display a sample image and a comparative sample image of an imaging mode or an image processing mode specified by a user side by side, wherein

only one mode is set as the comparative imaging mode or the comparative image processing mode for the each of the plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, and wherein

the sample image and the comparative sample image of the imaging mode or the image processing mode specified by the user, displayed in the display, are stored before accepting specification of the imaging mode or the image processing mode by the user.

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

a communication device to communicate with an image reading apparatus; and

a processor to acquire, from the image reading apparatus through the communication device, a read image being an image of a medium imaged with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on an image of the medium, and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the medium, wherein

the display displays the read image and the comparative read image acquired by the processor side by side.

3 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor registers the read image and the comparative read image acquired by the processor into the storage as the sample image and the comparative sample image of the imaging mode or the image processing mode specified by the user.

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

an imaging device to generate an input image by imaging a medium; and

a processor to acquire a read image being an image of a medium imaged by the imaging device with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on the input image, and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged by the imaging module with the comparative imaging mode or an image acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the input image, wherein

the display displays the read image and the comparative read image acquired by the processor side by side.

5 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a region that differs between the sample image and the comparative sample image is detected, and wherein

the display distinguishably displays the region detected in the sample image or the comparative sample image.

6 . The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes include a setting related to resolution, gradation range, color, brightness, hue, chroma, or noise elimination of an image.

7 . A control method, the method comprising:

storing, for each of a plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, a comparative imaging mode different from the imaging mode or a comparative image processing mode different from the image processing mode, a sample image being an image of a sample medium imaged with the imaging mode or an image of the sample medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode on an image of the sample medium, and a comparative sample image being an image of the sample medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the sample medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the sample medium in a storage in advance; and

displaying a sample image and a comparative sample image of an imaging mode or an image processing mode specified by a user side by side on a display, wherein

only one mode is set as the comparative imaging mode or the comparative image processing mode for the each of the plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, and wherein

8 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising acquiring, from the image reading apparatus through a communication device, a read image being an image of a medium imaged with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on an image of the medium, and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the medium, wherein

displaying the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image side by side on the display.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , further comprising registering the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image into the storage as the sample image and the comparative sample image of the imaging mode or the image processing mode specified by the user.

10 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising acquiring a read image being an image of a medium imaged by an imaging device with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on an input image inputted by the imaging device and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged by the imaging device with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the input image, wherein displaying the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image side by side on the display.

11 . The method according to claim 7 , further comprising detecting a region that differs between the sample image and the comparative sample image, wherein

distinguishably displaying the detected region in the sample image or the comparative sample image.

12 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes include a setting related to resolution, gradation range, color, brightness, hue, chroma, or noise elimination of an image.

13 . A computer-readable, non-transitory medium storing executable instructions, the executable instructions comprising:

displaying a sample image and a comparative sample image of an imaging mode or an image processing mode specified by a user side by side on a display, wherein

only one mode is set as the comparative imaging mode or the comparative image processing mode for the each of the plurality of imaging modes or image processing modes, and wherein

14 . The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 13 , the instructions further comprise acquiring, from the image reading apparatus through a communication device, a read image being an image of a medium imaged with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on an image of the medium, and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged with the comparative imaging mode or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the image of the medium, wherein

displaying the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image side by side on the display.

15 . The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 14 , the instructions further comprise registering the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image into the storage as the sample image and the comparative sample image of the imaging mode or the image processing mode specified by the user.

16 . The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 13 , the instructions further comprise acquiring a read image being an image of a medium imaged by an imaging device with the imaging mode specified by the user or an image of the medium acquired by executing an image processing of the image processing mode specified by the user on an input image inputted by the imaging device, and a comparative read image being an image of the medium imaged by the imaging device with the comparative imaging mode or an image acquired by executing an image processing of the comparative image processing mode on the input image, wherein

displaying the acquired read image and the acquired comparative read image side by side on the display.

17 . The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 13 , the instructions further comprise detecting a region that differs between the sample image and the comparative sample image, wherein

distinguishably displaying the detected region in the sample image or the comparative sample image.

18 . The computer-readable, non-transitory medium according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of modes include a setting related to resolution, gradation range, color, brightness, hue, chroma, or noise elimination of an image.