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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2022
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakai, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An inspection apparatus that is capable of reducing a workload of an inspection operator. The inspection apparatus performs inspection of a print product. An image reading section reads the print product and generates a scanned image of the print product. A reference image analysis section detects a line region and a photo region from the scanned image. The detected line region is determined as one of a character region and a bar code region. Settings of the inspection of the print product are set based on a result of the detection and a result of the determination. The inspection of the print product is performed based on the settings of the inspection.