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Granted Patent B2
US 12,047,537 · App. 18/062,952 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Printing system, method for controlling the same, and storage medium for inspecting a print product

Inventor: Masaaki Muraishi (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04N1/00045H04N1/00015H04N1/00037H04N1/0044H04N1/00477H04N1/00482
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Patent No.
US 12,047,537
App. No.
18/062,952
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A printing system includes a printer unit configured to print an image on a recording sheet, an inserter configured to insert a sheet into a print product obtained by printing the image on the recording sheet, and one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more controllers are configured to generate scanned images by causing the printing system to read the print product and the inserted sheet, register a reference image, inspect the print product based on a scanned image generated by reading the print product and the reference image, set an insertion position of the sheet to be inserted, and perform control so that a scanned image corresponding to the set insertion position of the sheet is not to be inspected.

Claims (38)

1. A printing system comprising:

a printer configured to print an image on a recording sheet;

an inserter configured to insert a sheet into a print product obtained by printing the image on the recording sheet;

an inspection apparatus configured to inspect the print product based on a scanned image generated by reading the print product and a reference image; and

one or more controllers having one or more processors and one or more memories, the one or more controllers being configured to:

generate scanned images by causing the printing system to read the print product and the inserted sheet;

register a reference image;

set an insertion position of the sheet to be inserted;

receive, by the inspection apparatus, information of the insertion position; and

perform control so that a scanned image corresponding to the set insertion position of the sheet is not to be inspected based on the information of the insertion position.

2. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to set at least a first insertion position of the sheet to be inserted.

3. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to set the insertion position of the sheet at least based on an insertion interval for the sheet to be inserted.

4. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to perform control so that, among the generated scanned images, a scanned image that does not correspond to the set insertion position of the sheet is to be inspected.

5. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are further configured to:

count a number of the generated scanned images; and

perform control so that, among the generated scanned images, a scanned image corresponding to the counted number that matches the set insertion position of the sheet is not to be inspected.

6. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to register an image corresponding to the print product as the reference image.

7. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to not register an image corresponding to the inserted sheet as the reference image.

8. The printing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a printing apparatus configured to at least perform the printing; and

the inspection apparatus configured to at least register the reference image and inspect the print product.

9. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to set the insertion position of the sheet at least based on whether to insert the sheet at an end of the print product.

10. The printing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display control unit configured to display a screen on a display unit,

wherein the display control unit displays a screen enabling input of at least a first insertion position of the sheet and an insertion interval for the sheet, on the display unit.

11. The printing system according to claim 10 , wherein the display control unit displays a screen enabling input of whether to insert the sheet at an end of the print product, on the display unit.

12. The printing system according to claim 10 , wherein in a case where a scanned image is generated after a preset number of images to be scanned is reached, the display control unit displays a warning message on the display unit.

13. The printing system according to claim 10 ,

wherein the display control unit displays a first screen for displaying the scanned image generated by reading the print product, on the display unit, and

wherein in a case where a scanned image is newly generated, the display control unit displays a second screen for displaying the newly generated scanned image, on the display unit.

14. The printing system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to inspect the print product based on the scanned image generated by reading the print product and the registered reference image corresponding to the generated scanned image.

15. A method for controlling a printing system, the method comprising:

inserting a sheet into a print product obtained by printing an image on a recording sheet;

registering a reference image;

inspecting the print product based on a scanned image generated by reading the print product and the reference image;

setting an insertion position of the sheet to be inserted;

receiving the information of the insertion position; and

performing control so that a scanned image corresponding to the set insertion position of the sheet is not to be inspected based on the information of the insertion position.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to claim 15 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2022
From: MURAISHI, MASAAKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-200580 · Dec 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230188651A1 · Jun 15, 2023
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