Scanner Setting Transfer Using Image Comparison Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems face difficulties in seamlessly transitioning image processing settings from one scanner to another, particularly when differences in functionality and default settings complicate achieving equivalent image output, leading to inconsistencies and user effort in configuring settings.
Innovation Solution
An information processing system that performs comparison analysis between images from the old and new scanners to determine a recommended setting, ensuring the new scanner outputs images closer to the original scanner's output by stepwise determination of settings, considering both independent and dependent groups of image processing parameters.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration of image processing settings is performed when replacing a scanner, then the new scanner can be configured to match the old scanner's output, but this requires significant user effort and time
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically copies image processing settings from the old scanner to the new scanner by comparing their respective image outputs. The setting determination unit replicates the optimal settings identified from the old scanner's performance on the new scanner, eliminating manual configuration while maintaining output consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary comparison analysis between images from both scanners before finalizing settings transfer. By pre-identifying the optimal settings that will produce consistent output, the system prepares the configuration in advance, saving user time and effort during the actual scanner replacement process.
2Ease of operation
If automatic setting transfer is implemented without comparison analysis, then user effort is reduced, but image output consistency between old and new scanners cannot be ensured
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from comparison analysis of images produced by both scanners to automatically adjust and determine optimal settings for the new scanner. The setting determination unit continuously refines the transferred settings based on the feedback from image quality comparison, ensuring both ease of operation and output consistency.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically adjusts image processing parameters by comparing the characteristics of images from the old and new scanners. Based on the detected differences in image properties, the setting determination unit modifies the parameters to compensate for scanner variations, maintaining consistent output quality without manual intervention.
3Measurement precision
If detailed comparison analysis is performed between images from old and new scanners, then accurate setting determination is achieved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The comparison analysis process is segmented into multiple stages: initial quick comparison to identify major differences, followed by detailed analysis only of specific image regions or parameters that show variations. This segmented approach maintains high determination accuracy while reducing overall processing time by avoiding exhaustive analysis of all image aspects.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs partial comparison analysis by focusing only on the most critical image parameters and regions that significantly impact output consistency. Rather than analyzing every aspect of the images in equal detail, the system concentrates computational resources on the key factors that determine setting accuracy, achieving sufficient precision with reduced processing time.
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AI summary
An information processing system includes circuitry to determine a recommended setting by performing a comparison analysis using one or a plurality of first images and one or a plurality of second images. The recommended setting is a setting different from a setting used in obtaining the one or the plurality of second images by the second image reading apparatus or the second image processor. The recommended setting is a setting causing one or a plurality of third images to be closer to the one or the plurality of first images than the one or the plurality of second images. The one or the plurality of third images are obtained from the single-sheet original document or the multiple-sheet original document by the second image reading apparatus and by the second image processor to which the recommended setting is applied.