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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2010
Applicant:
Tsuyoshi Nitta, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tsuyoshi Nitta, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an output image forming unit that forms an output image from an image-repeat image which is obtained by arranging a plurality of input images on one recording medium based on predetermined repeat conditions, a preview image generating unit that generates reduced images of the input images, sets arrangement positions of the reduced images based on the repeat conditions, and arranges the reduced images in the arrangement positions in accordance with the repeat conditions, thereby generating a preview image, and a display unit that displays the preview image generated by the preview image generating unit.