Patent ID: 11875075
Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 7:
8. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium including a program executed by a computer of a reference image creating apparatus for creating a reference image used for inspecting an image to be inspected formed on a sheet, the program causing the computer to execute:
a step of obtaining a plurality of scanned images created by reading a plurality of sheets on which the images are respectively formed;
a step of creating the reference image on a basis of the plurality of scanned images obtained; and
a step of receiving a setting on a predetermined number of copies on the plurality of scanned images to be obtained, wherein
in the step of creating the reference image, the program causing the computer to execute:
a step of comparing a first scanned image to a second scanned image among the predetermined number of copies of scanned images obtained;
a step of determining whether or not to use the second scanned image to create the reference image on a basis of a result of the comparing; and
a step of excluding the second scanned image from the plurality of the scanned images to be used for creating the reference image when the second scanned image is determined not to be used for creating the reference image.