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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomohiro Tanigawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kosuke Kubota, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00702 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; a sending unit that sends an original formed by the image forming unit; a reading unit that reads an image of the original that is sent by the sending unit; a detecting unit that, from the image read by the reading unit, detects an end portion detecting image formed at a predetermined position of the original; and a determining unit that determines a search region for searching for an end portion of the original included in the image by recognizing the position of the end portion detecting image detected by the detecting unit.