US 12,141,490 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 Dec. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/533,524.
Application 18/533,524 is a continuation of application No. 18/178,152, filed on Mar. 3, 2023, granted, now 11,875,075.
Application 18/178,152 is a continuation of application No. 17/823,556, filed on Aug. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,599,317, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Application 17/823,556 is a continuation of application No. 17/355,936, filed on Jun. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,461,600, issued on Oct. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-109180 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0103787 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/1256 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01)] 21 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:
(i) receiving a setting on a predetermined number of copies on the plurality of scanned images to be obtained;
(ii) comparing a first scanned image to a second scanned image among the predetermined number of copies of scanned images obtained;
(iii) 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 not used for creating the reference image on a basis of a result of the comparing;
(iv) displaying on a display unit the predetermined number of copies of scanned images obtained; and
(v) using scanned images that a user selects among the predetermined number of copies of scanned images displayed on the display unit for the scanned image for creating the reference image.