Patent №
US 9,767,546
Granted
2017-09-19
Filed 2014
Owner
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
Lab
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AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14358178
An image inspection apparatus for checking an image printed on a recording medium includes: a reference pixel obtaining unit configured to generate a reference image and obtain a first pixel value from the reference image; a print pixel obtaining unit configured to extract an image printed area and obtain a second pixel value from the image; an offset processing unit configured to add a non-image-printed area; and an image checking unit configured to compute a difference between the first image pixel value and the second image pixel value and detect an error when the difference is higher than a predetermined threshold value, wherein the non-image-printed area contains a third pixel value that is different from the first pixel value or the second pixel value, and the image checking unit suspends a determination whether or not there is an error in the image printed area associated with the non-image-printed area.
AI classification
Ownership
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED
assignment · 328970561
Assignors
KOJIMA, KEIJI, ISHIZAKI, HIROYOSHI, KITAI, TADASHI, KANEKO, HITOMI
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