IP Library Granted Patent US 11,570,310
Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,310 · App. 17/347,598 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Inspection device for correcting read image data that does not satisfy predetermined criterion, image forming apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium storing inspection

Inventor: Yosuke Tashiro (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/00005H04N1/00015H04N1/00034H04N1/00037H04N1/00047H04N1/00076H04N1/00084H04N1/00087
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Patent No.
US 11,570,310
App. No.
17/347,598
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inspection device includes a processor configured to display at least one of plural pieces of read image data on a display unit in a state where a defective portion is recognizable, and set reception of a correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, the plural pieces of read image data being obtained by reading image-formed matters obtained by forming original image data on plural recording media, and correct read image data that does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as reference image data used for inspecting the image-formed matter.

Claims (60)

1. An inspection device comprising:

a processor configured to:

display at least one of a plurality of pieces of read image data on a display unit in a state where a defective portion is recognizable, and set reception of a correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, the plurality of pieces of read image data being obtained by reading image-formed matters obtained by forming original image data on a plurality of recording media; and

correct read image data that does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as reference image data used for inspecting the image-formed matter,

wherein the predetermined criterion is associated with whether or not first reference image data is collated with the at least one of the plurality of pieces of read image data obtained from the first reference image data, and the predetermined criterion comprising determination of a threshold value of a difference between pixel values according to a predetermined quality criterion.

2. The inspection device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:

perform a first inspection of using the original image data as first reference image data and collating the first reference image data with at least one of the plurality of pieces of read image data obtained from the first reference image data; and

display the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion among the plurality of pieces of read image data as a result of the first inspection, on the display unit in a state where the defective portion is recognizable, set reception of the correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, correct the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as second reference image data for a second inspection different from the first inspection.

3. The inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the second inspection is performed, collate read image data of the image-formed matter set as an inspection target of the second inspection with the registered second reference image data; and

determine quality of the collated read image data.

4. The inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the second inspection is performed, exclude the read image data subjected to the first inspection among the plurality of pieces of read image data, from inspection targets.

5. The inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the correction instruction of the defective portion is received from a user, correct a pixel in the defective portion in accordance with the correction instruction.

6. The inspection device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the correction instruction of the defective portion is received from a user, correct a pixel in the defective portion in accordance with the correction instruction.

7. The inspection device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where the correction instruction of the defective portion is received from a user, correct a pixel in the defective portion in accordance with the correction instruction.

8. The inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

9. The inspection device according to claim 3 ,

wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

10. The inspection device according to claim 4 ,

wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

11. The inspection device according to claim 5 ,

wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

12. The inspection device according to claim 6 ,

wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from the leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

13. The inspection device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, in the first inspection, the plurality of pieces of read image data are collated with the first reference image data in order from the leading read image data, and

the first inspection is repeated until a user accepts the defective portion.

14. The inspection device according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to:

issue a warning in a case where the number of repetitions of the first inspection is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

15. The inspection device according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is configured to:

issue a warning in a case where the number of repetitions of the first inspection is equal to or more than a predetermined value.

16. The inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where a predetermined condition is detected during the second inspection, perform the first inspection on at least one piece of the read image data on which the second inspection has not been performed; and

update the second reference image data.

17. The inspection device according to claim 16 ,

wherein the predetermined condition is any of a condition in which the number of times of performing the second inspection is equal to or more than a predetermined value, a condition in which a toner cartridge is replaced, a condition in which a recording medium is clogged, and a condition in which a recording medium is replaced or added.

18. The inspection device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:

in a case where read image data satisfying the predetermined criterion is detected before the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion is detected in the first inspection, register the detected read image data as the second reference image data.

19. An image forming apparatus comprising:

a forming unit that forms original image data on a plurality of recording media;

a reading unit that reads a plurality of image-formed matters obtained by formation of the forming unit; and

an inspection device including a processor configured to:

display at least one of a plurality of pieces of read image data obtained by reading of the reading unit, on a display unit in a state where a defective portion is recognizable, and set reception of a correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled;

correct read image data that does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as reference image data used for inspecting the image-formed matter;

perform a first inspection of using the original image data as first reference image data and collating the first reference image data with at least one of the plurality of pieces of read image data obtained from the first reference image data; and

display the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion among the plurality of pieces of read image data as a result of the first inspection, on the display unit in a state where the defective portion is recognizable, set reception of the correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, correct the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion, and then register the corrected read image data as second reference image data for a second inspection different from the first inspection.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an inspection program causing a computer to execute:

displaying at least one of a plurality of pieces of read image data in a state where a defective portion is recognizable, and setting reception of a correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, the plurality of pieces of read image data being obtained by reading image-formed matters obtained by forming original image data on a plurality of recording media;

correcting read image data that does not satisfy a predetermined criterion, and then registering the corrected read image data as reference image data used for inspecting the image-formed matter;

performing a first inspection of using the original image data as first reference image data and collating the first reference image data with at least one of the plurality of pieces of read image data obtained from the first reference image data; and

displaying the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion among the plurality of pieces of read image data as a result of the first inspection, on a display unit in a state where the defective portion is recognizable, setting reception of the correction instruction of the defective portion to be enabled, correcting the read image data that does not satisfy the predetermined criterion, and then registering the corrected read image data as second reference image data for a second inspection different from the first inspection.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2021
From: TASHIRO, YOSUKE
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056594/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-157923 · Sep 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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