Abstract:
An image test apparatus includes an image generating unit acquiring an output target image with which an image is formed and output by an image forming apparatus, and generating a test image for testing the read image, an image test unit determining a defect of the read image based on a difference between the test image and the read image, a defect number determining unit determining number of defects contained in the read image based on a determination result of the defect of the read image, a frequency distribution generating unit accumulating defect numbers of multiple read images, each of the defect numbers being the number of defects detected in one read image, and generating a frequency distribution of the defect numbers, and an abnormality determination unit determining an abnormality of the image forming apparatus based on a change in the frequency distribution generated for each predetermined period.
Abstract:
An inspection apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to receive a target image obtained by scanning a printed surface of a printed material and receive a reference image obtained from print data of the printed surface; an analysis unit configured to analyze the reference image to obtain flatness levels indicating degrees of variation in pixel values; and a control unit configured to determine inspection thresholds for different types of image areas in the reference image based on the flatness levels, compare the reference image and the target image to detect differences in pixel values, and determine whether the differences are greater than or equal to the inspection thresholds to inspect print quality of the printed surface for the respective image areas.
Abstract:
An inspection apparatus, inspection system, inspection method, and inspection control program stored in a recording medium, each of which sets a reference point in a master image and a read image read from a printed image, which is to be used for detecting the positional shift between the read image and the master image, based on determination whether a pattern previously added to the printed image for detecting the positional shift is available or can be used to effectively detect the positional shift.
Abstract:
An inspection apparatus obtains a correction parameter for correcting the positional shift between a previously read image and a master image, and corrects one of a currently read image or a master image using the correction parameter for the previously read image, before comparing between the currently read image and the master image to detect the positional shift in the currently read image.
Abstract:
An inspection apparatus, inspection system, inspection method, and inspection control program stored in a recording medium, each of which sets a reference point in a master image and a read image read from a printed image, which is to be used for detecting the positional shift between the read image and the master image, based on determination whether a pattern previously added to the printed image for detecting the positional shift is available or can be used to effectively detect the positional shift.
Abstract:
An inspection system includes circuitry configured to determine whether a predetermined pattern is present in a master image of an inspection target object; acquire an inspection target image of the inspection target object from an image captured by an image capturing device; compare the master image of the inspection target object with the inspection target image, to inspect the inspection target object; and switch a threshold value used in comparing the master image with the inspection target image of the inspection target object depending on a determination result of determining whether the predetermined pattern is present in the master image of the inspection target object.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus includes a scanning unit configured to scan at least one of two surfaces of a printed material on both of which information is printed and to obtain a density image representing intensity distribution of diffuse reflection light from the scanned surface and a gloss image representing intensity distribution of specular reflection light from the scanned surface, a mask image generating unit configured to generate a mask image for the scanned surface based on the obtained gloss image, and a show-through removing unit configured to perform mask processing on the density image using the generated mask image to generate a show-through-removed image that does not include show-through information for the scanned surface.