Patent ID: 11863717
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 4:
5. A method of reading an image performed by a controller, the method comprising:
controlling a scanner unit to scan a document including a plurality of pages and reading an image of each of the plurality of pages;
determining characteristics of each page of the read images and performing image processing in accordance with the characteristics;
accepting a setting of an extraction condition related to the characteristics;
extracting, based on the set extraction condition, and previewing a read image of a page having determination accuracy pertaining to the characteristics below a predetermined standard among the images processed for each page, wherein
the determination pertaining to the characteristics of each page is at least one of determination of color or monochrome, determination of an up-down orientation, and determination of a page size;
accepting, by the controller, a determination item, selected by a user, from among a plurality of selection items pertaining to a determination of each page that pertains to the characteristics; and
previewing, by the controller, the read image of the page having the determination accuracy, of the selected determination item, pertaining to the characteristics below the predetermined standard among the images processed for each page.