Patent ID: 11902475
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A diagnostic system comprising:
an image forming apparatus configured to form a diagnostic image on a sheet; and
an image capturing apparatus configured to capture an image of the sheet on which the diagnostic image is formed and which has been discharged from the image forming apparatus, and outputs the captured image as a sheet image,
wherein the image capturing apparatus comprises one or more processor configured to:
make a diagnosis for a component of the image forming apparatus based on a position of an image deficiency in the sheet image;
output a diagnosis result for the component of the image forming apparatus,
obtain direction information pertaining to a direction in which the image forming apparatus forms the diagnostic image with respect to the sheet; and
make the diagnosis for the component of the image forming apparatus using the direction information and the position of the image deficiency in the sheet image.