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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Hitoshi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiro Nakashige, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Kojima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image inspecting apparatus includes a first light illuminating unit irradiating a measured object on which an image is formed with light from an inclined direction; a second light illuminating unit irradiating the measured object with light from a different direction; an imaging unit receiving reflected light of the light with which the measured object is irradiated by the first light illuminating unit and the second light illuminating unit; a first and a second reference plate having a mirror surface and a diffuse surface, respectively; and an image inspecting unit inspecting a gloss distribution of the image based on the amount of light received by the imaging unit and a correcting coefficient.