Color Verification Job Generation for Multi-Profile Sheet Output

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing color verification systems cannot verify multiple target profiles simultaneously when multiple color charts are arranged on the same sheet, leading to increased sheet consumption and operational inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A color verification system that includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus, which generates a job to produce multiple color verification images associated with different target profiles on the same sheet, allowing for simultaneous verification of multiple target profiles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the same target profile is used for all color charts on a sheet, then the verification process is simple, but multiple target profiles cannot be verified simultaneously

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveability to verify multiple target profilesVSAvoidcomplexity of verification process

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The sheet is divided into multiple regions, each containing a color chart associated with a specific target profile. The job generation portion creates separate image data for each color chart, allowing different target profiles to be verified simultaneously on different regions of the same sheet.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the sheet are assigned different target profiles based on local requirements. Each color chart area has its own designated target profile, enabling localized verification of specific color standards while maintaining overall system efficiency.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If color verification is performed separately for each target profile, then verification accuracy is maintained, but sheet consumption and operational time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveverification accuracyVSAvoidoperational efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple color verification operations that were previously performed separately are merged into a single integrated process. Multiple color charts with different target profiles are arranged on one sheet and verified simultaneously in one operation, maintaining individual verification accuracy while improving overall productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The verification process continues without interruption by processing multiple target profiles in sequence on the same sheet during a single operational cycle. This eliminates the need to stop, reload, or reposition sheets between verifications of different profiles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Measurement precision

If multiple color verification operations are performed sequentially, then each profile is verified thoroughly, but click charges and operational time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecolor verification precisionVSAvoidtotal verification time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The verification process transitions from a sequential temporal dimension to a spatial dimension by arranging multiple color charts on different regions of the same sheet. This allows parallel verification of multiple profiles across the spatial plane, reducing total verification time while maintaining precision through dedicated processing of each region.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS9992380B2Color verification system and computer-readable recording medium storing program

Publication Date: 2018.06.05 KONICA MINOLTA INC

AI summary

A color verification system of an aspect of the present invention includes an information processing apparatus that generates a job and an image forming apparatus that forms a color image on a sheet on the basis of the job. The information processing apparatus includes a storage portion that stores: information of the image forming apparatus under management; and target information including a target profile set to the image forming apparatus. Furthermore, when a plurality of different target profiles is set to the image forming apparatus, the information processing apparatus includes a job generation portion that generates the job: including image data containing a plurality of color verification images associated with the plurality of target profiles, respectively; and including an output setting.