Information processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, information processing method, and image forming method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11539860-B2
Application number	US-202117469877-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2021
Priority date	Sep 16, 2020
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

An information processing apparatus is configured to perform information processing on a target. The information processing apparatus includes one or more processors; and one or more memories storing program instructions that cause the one or more processors to perform a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including a first process of adding information to the target and a second process of obtaining the information; control each of the plurality of processes; and perform a correcting process of concurrently performing corrections with respect to the plurality of processes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information processing apparatus configured to perform information processing on a target, the information processing apparatus comprising:
processing circuitry configured to
perform a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including a first process and a second process, wherein the first process includes adding information to the target and forming an image, and the second process includes obtaining the information and reading the image;
control each of the plurality of processes; and
perform a correcting process of concurrently performing corrections with respect to the plurality of processes, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to
determine whether performing the correcting process is necessary with respect to the reading process; and
perform, in a case that the processing circuitry determines that the correcting process is necessary, the correcting process with respect to an image forming process.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to, in the correcting process, perform a correction with respect to a process of the plurality of processes without using information obtained from another process of the plurality of processes.

3. An image forming apparatus, comprising:
the information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the image forming apparatus is configured to form the image on a recording medium.

4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine a type of a correction with respect to the reading process in accordance with a time required to perform a correction with respect to the image forming process.

5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to
perform the image forming process on a basis of a print job, and
concurrently perform corrections with respect to the image forming process and the reading process, before performing the image forming process on the basis of the print job.

6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the reading process includes a first reading process of reading a first image formed on a first side of the recording medium, and a second reading process of reading a second image formed on a second side of the recording medium, the second side being different from the first side, and
the processing circuitry is further configured to concurrently perform corrections with respect to the image forming process, the first reading process, and the second reading process.

7. An information processing method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to perform information processing on a target, the information processing method comprising:
performing a plurality of processes, the plurality of processes including a first process and a second process, wherein the first process includes adding information to the target and forming an image, and the second process includes obtaining the information and reading the image; and
controlling each of the plurality of processes, wherein
the controlling each of the plurality of processes includes:
a correcting process of concurrently performing corrections with respect to the plurality of processes;
determining whether performing the correcting process is necessary with respect to the reading process; and
performing, in a case that the determining indicates that the correcting process is necessary, the correcting process with respect to an image forming process.

8. The information processing method according to claim 7 , wherein performing the correcting process includes performing a correction with respect to a process included in the plurality of processes without using information obtained from another process included in the plurality of processes.

9. An image forming method, comprising:
performing the information processing method according to claim 7 ; and
forming the image on a recording medium.

10. The image forming method according to claim 9 , further comprising determining a type of a correction with respect to the reading process in accordance with a time required to perform a correction with respect to the image forming process.

11. The image forming method according to claim 9 , wherein
in the image forming process, the image is formed on a basis of a print job, and
the image forming method further comprises concurrently performing corrections with respect to the image forming process and the reading process, before the image is formed on the basis of the print job in the image forming process.

12. The image forming method according to claim 9 , wherein
the reading process includes a first reading process of reading a first image formed on a first side of the recording medium, and a second reading process of reading a second image formed on a second side of the recording medium, the second side being different from the first side, and
the image forming method further comprises concurrently performing corrections with respect to the image forming process, the first reading process, and the second reading process.

Assignees

• Ono Hirofumi
• Ohmiya Yutaka
• Hashimoto Hideki
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ono Hirofumi
• Ohmiya Yutaka
• Hashimoto Hideki

Classifications

• H04N1/4095 Primary

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• G03G15/5062

  by measuring the characteristics of an image on the copy material · CPC title

• H04N1/00002

  Diagnosis, testing or measuring; Detecting, analysing or monitoring not otherwise provided for (error detection, error correction or monitoring in digital computers or digital computer components G06F11/00) · CPC title

• H04N1/6036

  involving periodic tests or tests during use of the machine · CPC title

• G03G21/14

  Electronic sequencing control · CPC title