Image Processing Apparatus Blank Sheet Removal via Vendor-Neutral Scan Settings
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing apparatuses lack the ability to set detailed settings for blank sheet determination, which are essential for accurate scanning, as these settings cannot be configured by standard apps compatible with multiple vendors.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus with a reception unit for receiving scan settings, a scan unit for generating image data, and a transmission unit for sending non-removed data, where the removal process is executed based on pre-set levels independent of the application, allowing for effective blank sheet removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a standard app compatible with multiple vendors is used for scanning, then ease of operation is improved, but the ability to set detailed blank sheet determination settings is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the scanning system into two parts: a standard app interface for ease of operation and a vendor-specific image processing apparatus for detailed settings. The app handles user-friendly operations while the apparatus executes detailed blank sheet determination based on received settings, allowing both general compatibility and specific functionality to coexist.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the app transmits scanning requests and receives results, while detailed settings are handled by the image processing apparatus. This intermediary layer allows the app to maintain compatibility across vendors while the apparatus provides vendor-specific detailed settings for blank sheet determination.
2Manufacturing precision
If detailed blank sheet determination settings are implemented, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex detailed settings interface from the standard app and places it within the vendor-specific image processing apparatus. This allows detailed blank sheet determination settings to be implemented without complicating the standard app, as the complexity is contained within the apparatus that receives and processes the settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-configuring detailed blank sheet determination settings within the image processing apparatus before the scanning operation begins. This allows the apparatus to automatically apply these detailed settings during scanning without requiring real-time complex configuration, thereby improving precision while managing complexity through advance preparation.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus receives scan settings made by an application installed on an information processing apparatus and compatible with image processing apparatuses of a plurality of vendors in common from the information processing apparatus, scans an image of a document based on the received scan settings to generate image data, executes a removal process on the generated image data based on a setting of removal included in the received scan settings, and transmits image data that is not removed by the removal process in the generated image data to the information processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus executes the removal process based on the setting of the removal included in the received scan settings and a level of the removal set regardless of execution of the application.