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

Claim 14:
15. A reference image creation system for creating a reference image used for inspecting an image to be inspected formed on the sheet, comprising:
an image former forming an image on a sheet,
an image reader reading the image formed on the sheet, and
a hardware processor configured to obtain a plurality of scanned images created by the image reader's reading of a plurality of sheets on each of which the image is formed by the image former and to create the reference image on a basis of the plurality of scanned images obtained, wherein
the hardware processor executes:
receiving a setting on a predetermined number of copies on the plurality of scanned images to be obtained;
comparing a first scanned image to a second scanned image among the predetermined number of copies of scanned images obtained;
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
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.