Image Processing Apparatus Profile Matching and Mismatch Notification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Image processing apparatuses face challenges in accurately determining whether pre-set settings match the characteristics of the input image, leading to inappropriate image generation and user inconvenience.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus and method that sets a profile with setting values for imaging, image, or conveyance processing, acquires an input image, identifies characteristic information, and compares it with the profile settings to determine a match, notifying the user or stopping the process if the profile does not match the image characteristics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the image processing apparatus uses pre-set profiles for imaging processing, then the operation simplicity is improved, but the accuracy of setting appropriateness determination deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements feedback by comparing characteristic information extracted from the input image (such as document type, color distribution, density) with the settings in the selected profile. This feedback mechanism determines whether the profile settings are appropriate for the actual image characteristics, thereby resolving the contradiction between using simple pre-set profiles and ensuring accurate setting appropriateness.
2Measurement precision
If the image processing apparatus acquires and analyzes characteristic information from the input image, then the setting appropriateness determination accuracy is improved, but the processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by extracting and analyzing characteristic information from the input image immediately after image acquisition, before the actual image processing based on the profile is performed. This timing optimization reduces the overall processing time while maintaining accurate setting appropriateness determination.
3Manufacturing precision
If the image processing apparatus compares characteristic information with profile settings, then the image quality is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the image processing system into distinct functional modules: a profile management module that stores pre-set profiles, a characteristic information extraction module that analyzes input images, a comparison module that evaluates setting appropriateness, and an image processing module that executes the actual processing. This modular segmentation manages system complexity while maintaining high image quality through accurate profile matching.
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry set a profile including setting values of setting items regarding at least one of imaging processing, image processing, or conveyance processing. The circuitry acquires an input image in which a medium is imaged. The circuitry identifies characteristic information pieces respectively relating to the setting items in the input image. The circuitry determines whether the profile matches a characteristic of the input image by comparing the characteristic information pieces in the input image with information based on the setting value of each setting items included in the profile. The circuitry notifies information regarding a determination result or stop an image generation process by an apparatus that generated the input image in a case where the determination result indicates that the profile does not match the characteristic of the input image.