IP Library Granted Patent US 11,297,205
Granted Patent B2
US 11,297,205 · App. 17/124,662 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Image forming apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Yushiro Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Seiji Shiraki (Kanagawa, JP); Nagamasa Misu (Kanagawa, JP); Ryosuke Tsuji (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/6011H04N1/603H04N1/6022
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Patent No.
US 11,297,205
App. No.
17/124,662
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to output an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image.

Claims (32)

1. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a memory; and

a processor configured to

output an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image.

2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to control output of the image so that the image that is output does not include the specific text.

3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to provide a user with information if the specific text associated with the special color appears at a plurality of positions in the image data and is assigned the same color value at the plurality of positions, the information concerning a fact that the specific text assigned the same color value appears at the plurality of positions in the image data.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor is configured to present two samples of an output image including the one or more portions assigned a color to form the image, the color assigned to the one or more portions being identical or similar to the color of the specific text located at the plurality of positions, and accept a result of selection by the user of which sample to be used to output the image, one sample including the one or more portions that are output in the special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the other sample being the output image that is output without using the special color.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to output the one or more portions in the special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, and

wherein if the specific text associated with the special color appears at a plurality of positions in the image data and is assigned different color values at the plurality of positions, the one or more portions are portions assigned a color to form the image, the color assigned to the one or more portions being identical or similar to a color of the specific text that is located at one of the plurality of positions and that is assigned a color value close to a predetermined color value.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to output the image based on the image data without using the special color if the image data includes no portion assigned a color to form the image, the color assigned to the no portion being identical or similar to the color of the specific text included in the image data from which the image is formed.

7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the specific text is a character string or at least one preregistered special character, the character string being formed by a plurality of characters.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image formation, the process comprising:

outputting an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image, and controlling output of the image so that the image that is output does not include the specific text.

14. An image forming apparatus comprising:

means for storing data; and

means for outputting an image formed based on image data including predetermined specific text after replacing a color of one or more portions in the image data with a special color that is in advance associated with the specific text, the one or more portions being assigned a color identical or similar to a color of the specific text to form the image.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056078/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2020
From: TANAKA, YUSHIRO; SHIRAKI, SEIJI; MISU, NAGAMASA; TSUJI, RYOSUKE
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054678/0148 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-076042 · Apr 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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