Image forming apparatus with reduction layout function, image forming method, and storage medium storing control program therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8991689-B2
Application number	US-201313970915-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2013
Priority date	Aug 22, 2012
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

An image forming apparatus minimizes necessary code area and reserves imaging area of suitable size for forming reduction document images. A code symbol detection unit detects first and second code symbols on first and second sheets, respectively. A code information obtaining unit obtains first and second code information from the detected first and second codes, respectively. A code symbol generation unit generates composite code symbol from the first and second code information, respectively. An area reservation unit reserves a code area in which the composite code symbol of a predetermined size more than the minimum readable size can be arranged in an image formable area of a sheet, and defines an imaging area by removing the code area from the image formable area. An arrangement unit arranges the composite code symbol in the code area, and reduces and arranges multiple images in the imaging area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image forming apparatus having a reduction layout function that reduces and arranges multiple images to one page of a sheet, comprising:
a code symbol detection unit configured to detect a first code symbol on a first sheet and second code symbol on a second sheet;
a code information obtaining unit configured to obtain first code information from the first code symbol and second code information from the second code symbol;
a code symbol generation un…

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Yamauchi Manabu

Classifications

• H04N1/387

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N2201/3269

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/32144 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06K1/121 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic