US 11,736,634 B2
Image forming apparatus scans a document to execute an image processing process and to perform preview process to display the processed document for further performing the image processing process by user on the previewed display document
Tsuyoshi Nitta, Osaka (JP); and Toshiaki Mutsuo, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Kyocera Document Solutions, Inc.
Filed by KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/727,302.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-079472 (JP), filed on May 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0360675 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/32 (2006.01); H04N 1/387 (2006.01); G06V 30/418 (2022.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06V 10/75 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 1/00458 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); G06K 15/1885 (2013.01); G06V 10/759 (2022.01); G06V 30/418 (2022.01); H04N 1/00087 (2013.01); H04N 1/00474 (2013.01); H04N 1/32507 (2013.01); H04N 1/3876 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
an image scanning device configured to scan a document image of a document;
an image processing unit configured to perform an image process for the document image scanned by the image scanning device;
an input device configured to detect a user operation;
a display device;
a storage device; configured to store image data of the document image scanned by the image scanning device;
a preview processing unit configured to perform preview display using the display device; and
a control unit configured to output the document image using an output device after the image processing unit performs the image process for the document image;
wherein the image scanning device scans one or plural document images of one or plural predetermined head pages; wherein the one or plural document images of the one or plural predetermined head pages is stored in the storage device;
the image processing unit performs a preference image process to the one or plural document images of one or plural predetermined head pages scanned by image scanning device in order to match the document image with a user preference;
the preview processing unit displays the one or plural document images of the one or plural head pages after the preference image process on the display device as the preview display;
wherein if the input device detects a user operation to accept the document image on the preview display, (a) the image processing unit performs an output image process for the one or plural displayed document images that had already been through the preference image process; (b) the image scanning device scans a document image of a subsequent page to the one or plural predetermined head pages, and (c) the image processing unit performs the preference image process and the output image process for the document image of the subsequent page; and
wherein if the input device detects a user operation not to accept the document image on the preview display, (d) the input device detects a user operation to reset an image process characteristic, (e) the image processing unit reads from the storage device the image data of the one or plural document images of the one or plural head pages and performs the image process with the reset image process characteristic for the one or plural document images of the one or plural head pages based on the read image data, (f) the image scanning device scans the document image of the subsequent page, and (d) the image processing unit performs the image process with the reset image process characteristic for the document image of the subsequent page.