Inspection system, inspection apparatus and method of controlling the same, and storage medium

1. An inspection system comprising:

an image forming apparatus; and

an inspection apparatus,

wherein the inspection apparatus comprising:

a controller including one or more processors and one or more memories, the controller configured to:

obtain a scanned image by reading a printed matter printed by the image forming apparatus;

set an inspection target area in which inspection is to be performed on data of a variable-data area included in the scanned image;

set an inspection item for the inspection target area;

generate, in accordance with the inspection item, a collation value to which the inspection item is to be applied, in a reference image;

perform inspection by comparing the reference image including the collation value and a scanned image of an inspection-target printed matter; and

perform control so that the generated collation value is able to be confirmed prior to the inspection.

2. The inspection system according to claim 1 , wherein the inspection item is a setting item relating to sequential-number inspection.

3. The inspection system according to claim 2 ,

wherein a plurality of inspection items set in the setting of the inspection item include at least a starting number of sequential numbers in the sequential-number inspection and a value of increase/decrease in the sequential numbers between sheets, and

in the generation of the collation value, the collation value is generated based on the starting number of the sequential numbers and the value of increase/decrease in the sequential numbers.

4. The inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein the inspection items further include an interval indicating whether the sequential numbers increase/decrease by the value of increase/decrease every sheet.

5. The inspection system according to claim 4 , wherein the inspection items further include a repetition value enabling repetition of implementation of settings of the starting number, the value of increase/decrease, and the interval.

6. An inspection apparatus that inspects printed matters, comprising:

a controller including one or more processors and one or more memories, the controller configured to:

obtain a scanned image by reading a printed matter;

set an inspection target area in which inspection is to be performed on data of a variable-data area included in the scanned image;

set an inspection item for the inspection target area;

generate, in accordance with the inspection item, a collation value to which the inspection item is to be applied, in a reference image;

perform inspection by comparing the reference image including the collation value and a scanned image of an inspection-target printed matter; and

perform control so that the generated collation value is able to be confirmed prior to the inspection.

7. The inspection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the inspection item is a setting item relating to sequential-number inspection.

8. The inspection apparatus according to claim 7 ,

wherein a plurality of inspection items set in the setting of the inspection item include at least a starting number of sequential numbers in the sequential-number inspection and a value of increase/decrease in the sequential numbers between sheets, and

in the generation of the collation value, the collation value is generated based on the starting number of the sequential numbers and the value of increase/decrease in the sequential numbers.

9. The inspection apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the inspection items further include an interval indicating whether the sequential numbers increase/decrease by the value of increase/decrease every sheet.

10. The inspection apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the inspection items further include a repetition value enabling repetition of implementation of settings of the starting number, the value of increase/decrease, and the interval.

11. The inspection apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the controller is further configured to, in the confirming of the collation value, provide an instruction to display the generated collation value so that the generated collation value is able to be confirmed.

12. The inspection apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein, in a case that the instruction to display the generated collation is provided, the controller duplicates a registered reference image and performs control so that the generated collation value is displayed in the inspection target area in the duplicated reference image.

13. The inspection apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein, in the confirming of the collation value, the controller further displays the duplicated reference image in a display state differing from a display state of the registered reference image.

14. The inspection apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein, in the confirming of the collation value, the controller displays the collation value so as to be placed above or below a sequential number in the inspection target area in the duplicated reference image.

15. The inspection apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein, in the confirming of the collation value, the controller further sets a display state of the collation value different from a display state of the sequential number in the inspection target area in the duplicated reference image.

16. The inspection apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein, in a case that the instruction to display the generated collation value is provided, the controller displays a list of each collation value in the inspection target area in a reference image subsequent to a registered reference image.

17. The inspection apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein, when displaying the list of collation values, the controller further displays a list of sequential numbers in association with the registered reference image, and displays the sequential numbers in the registered reference image in a display state different from a display state of the collation value in the reference images subsequent to the registered reference image.

18. The inspection apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a storage that stores the reference image,

wherein the controller stores, as the reference image in the storage, a scanned image obtained by reading a printed matter on which a reference image is printed.

19. A method of controlling an inspection apparatus that inspects printed matters, the method comprising:

obtaining a scanned image by reading a printed matter;

setting an inspection target area in which inspection is to be performed on data of a variable-data area included in the scanned image;

setting an inspection item for the inspection target area;

generating, in accordance with the inspection item, a collation value to which the inspection item is to be applied, in a reference image;

performing inspection by comparing the reference image including the collation value and a scanned image of the inspection-target printed matter; and

performing control so that the generated collation value is able to be confirmed prior to the inspection.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute a method of controlling an inspection apparatus that inspects printed matters, the method comprising:

obtaining a scanned image by reading a printed matter;

setting an inspection target area in which inspection is to be performed on data of a variable-data area included in the scanned image;

setting an inspection item for the inspection target area;

generating, in accordance with the inspection item, a collation value to which the inspection item is to be applied, in a reference image;

performing inspection by comparing the reference image including the collation value and a scanned image of the inspection-target printed matter; and

performing control so that the generated collation value is able to be confirmed prior to the inspection.