US 11,875,075 B2
Image forming apparatus, method, and program
Yoko Shiraki, Ebina (JP)
Assigned to Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/178,152.
Application 18/178,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/823,556, filed on Aug. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,599,317.
Application 17/823,556 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/355,936, filed on Jun. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,461,600.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-109180 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205470 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1256 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reference image creating apparatus creating a reference image used for inspecting an image to be inspected formed on a sheet, the reference image creating apparatus comprising a hardware processor configured to obtain a plurality of scanned images created by reading a plurality of sheets on each of which the image is formed and to create the reference image on a basis of the plurality of scanned images obtained, wherein
the hardware processor executes:
receiving a setting on a predetermined number of copies on the plurality of scanned images to be obtained;
comparing a first scanned image to a second scanned image among the predetermined number of copies of scanned images obtained;
determining whether or not to use the second scanned image to create the reference image on a basis of a result of the comparing; and
excluding the second scanned image from the plurality of the scanned images to be used for creating the reference image when the second scanned image is determined not to be used for creating the reference image.