IP Library Granted Patent US 12,086,482
Granted Patent B2
US 12,086,482 · App. 17/159,104 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Overprinting inspection apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing overprinting inspection program

Inventor: Kodai Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
G06F3/1234G06F3/121H04N1/00005H04N1/00015H04N1/00023
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Patent No.
US 12,086,482
App. No.
17/159,104
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An overprinting inspection apparatus includes a processor configured to detect failure in overprinting by comparing succeeding print data and a succeeding image detected from a post-overprinting medium obtained by the overprinting. The overprinting is printing of the succeeding image based on the succeeding print data over a pre-overprinting medium on which a preceding image has been printed based on preceding print data.

Claims (51)

1. An overprinting inspection apparatus comprising

a processor configured to detect failure in overprinting by comparing succeeding print data and a succeeding image detected from a post-overprinting medium obtained by the overprinting, the overprinting being printing of the succeeding image based on the succeeding print data over a pre-overprinting medium on which a preceding image has been printed based on preceding print data, wherein the succeeding image is detected from the post-overprinting medium by detecting at least one of a specific color where the succeeding image is printed on the post-overprinting medium and a specific area where the succeeding image is printed on the post-overprinting medium.

2. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the succeeding image is overprinted in the specific color that is not used for the preceding image, and

wherein the succeeding image is detected from the post-overprinting medium by a sensor that detects the specific color.

3. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the specific area being identified based on the succeeding print data.

4. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other on the post-overprinting medium, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding print data, the succeeding print data, and an image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

5. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the preceding print data is image data acquired by optically reading the pre-overprinting medium.

6. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 4 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

7. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other on the post-overprinting medium, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding print data, the succeeding print data, and an image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

8. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the preceding print data is image data acquired by optically reading the pre-overprinting medium.

9. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 8 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

10. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

11. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the specific area being identified based on the succeeding print data.

12. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other on the post-overprinting medium, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding print data, the succeeding print data, and an image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

13. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the preceding print data is image data acquired by optically reading the pre-overprinting medium.

14. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 13 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

15. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 12 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

16. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to, if the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other on the post-overprinting medium, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding print data, the succeeding print data, and an image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

17. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the preceding print data is image data acquired by optically reading the pre-overprinting medium.

18. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 17 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

19. The overprinting inspection apparatus according to claim 16 ,

wherein a post-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages is obtained by performing the overprinting based on succeeding print data of a plurality of pages on a pre-overprinting medium having a plurality of pages, and

wherein the processor is configured to

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image do not overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the succeeding print data and the succeeding image detected from the page, and

on a page where the preceding image and the succeeding image overlap each other, detect the failure in the overprinting by comparing the preceding image, the succeeding image, and the image printed on the post-overprinting medium.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an overprinting inspection program causing a computer to execute a process comprising detecting failure in overprinting by comparing succeeding print data and a succeeding image detected from a post-overprinting medium obtained by the overprinting, the overprinting being printing of the succeeding image based on the succeeding print data over a pre-overprinting medium on which a preceding image has been printed based on preceding print data, wherein the succeeding image is detected from the post-overprinting medium by detecting at least one of a specific color where the succeeding image is printed on the post-overprinting medium and a specific area where the succeeding image is printed on the post-overprinting medium.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 19, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056294/0229 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: SUZUKI, KODAI
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055105/0972 →
Priority Claims (1)
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