IP Library Granted Patent US 11,509,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,509,784 · App. 17/140,562 · Granted Nov 22, 2022

Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium

Inventors: Shogo Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Sawai (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00639H04N1/0066H04N1/00689H04N1/00748
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Patent No.
US 11,509,784
App. No.
17/140,562
Granted
Nov 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes: a processor is configured to: read an image of at least one of a first surface or a second surface of a medium with the medium folded; discriminate whether the image is of the first surface or the second surface based on an identification image in the image; specify, based on the image, a surface on which a folding deviation occurs; and determine a correction direction of the folding deviation according to whether the surface on which the folding deviation occurs is the first surface or the second surface.

Claims (37)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor that is configured to:

read an image of at least one of a first surface or a second surface of a medium with the medium folded;

discriminate whether the image is of the first surface or the second surface based on an identification image in the image;

specify, based on the image, a surface on which a folding deviation occurs; and

automatically determine a correction direction of the folding deviation according to whether the surface on which the folding deviation occurs is the first surface or the second surface and adjust a folding mechanism based on the automatically determined correction direction so that the folding deviation decreases.

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

the medium is a half-folded medium,

one surface of the first surface or the second surface of the half-folded medium is read, and

the correction direction is determined according to (i) the identification image on the one surface and (ii) the folding deviation.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when the one surface is the surface on which the folding deviation occurs, a direction opposite to a sheet edge side on the one surface is determined to be the correction direction.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a correction amount is detected by measuring a folding length of the medium in a direction intersecting the folding deviation.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein a correction amount is detected based on the folding deviation.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein when the one surface is not the surface on which the folding deviation occurs, a direction toward a sheet edge side on the one surface is determined to be the correction direction.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a correction amount is detected by measuring a folding length of the medium in a direction intersecting the folding deviation.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein a correction amount is detected based on the folding deviation.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a correction amount is detected by measuring a folding length of the medium in a direction intersecting the folding deviation.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a correction amount is detected based on the folding deviation.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a correction amount is detected by measuring a folding length of the medium in a direction intersecting the folding deviation.

12. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the medium is a half-folded medium,

both surfaces of the first surface and the second surface of the half-folded medium are read, and

the correction direction is determined according to (i) the identification image on the one of the first and second surfaces and (ii) the folding deviation.

13. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the medium is a tri-folded medium,

a first identification image is formed on the first surface of the medium,

a second identification image is formed on the second surface,

both surfaces of the first surface and the second surface of the tri-folded medium are read, and

the correction direction is determined according to the first identification image, the second identification image, and the folding deviation.

14. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when the folding deviation is larger than a target folding deviation, a direction toward a sheet edge side is determined to be the correction direction.

15. The information processing apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein when the folding deviation is smaller than a target folding deviation, an opposite direction to a direction toward a sheet edge side is determined to be the correction direction.

16. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a correction amount is detected based on the folding deviation.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program that causes a computer including a processor to execute information processing, the information processing comprising:

reading an image of at least one of a first surface or a second surface of a medium with the medium folded,

discriminating whether the image is of the first surface or the second surface based on an identification image in the image;

specifying, based on the image, a surface on which a folding deviation occurs; and

automatically determining a correction direction of the folding deviation according to whether the surface on which the folding deviation occurs is the first surface or the second surface and adjusting a folding mechanism based on the automatically determined correction direction so that the folding deviation decreases.

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 Jan 4, 2021
From: TANAKA, SHOGO; SAWAI, KENJI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054800/0255 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-125719 · Jul 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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