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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2021
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Koji Sato, Osaka, JP;
Kazunori Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Miyamoto, Osaka, JP;
Kanako Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Rui Hamabe, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A processor identifies a specific part composed of a plurality of significant pixels in a mixed-color test image. Furthermore, the processor identifies a color vector. The color vector represents a vector in a color space from one of a color of the specific part in the mixed-color test image and a color of a reference area including a periphery of the specific part to the other. Furthermore, the processor determines which of a plurality of image creating portions of an image forming device corresponding to a plurality of developing colors, is a cause of an image defect, based on the color vector identified from the mixed-color test image.