Patent ID: 8634108
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: G01N,G03G

Abstract:
1. An image inspecting apparatus comprising: a first light illuminating unit configured to apply light in a first direction to a measuring object on which an image is formed; a second light illuminating unit configured to apply light to the measuring object in a second direction different from the first direction; an imaging unit configured to receive specular light of the light applied to the measuring object from the first light illuminating unit, and diffused reflection light of the light applied to the measuring object from the second light illuminating unit; and an image inspecting unit configured to generate density distribution data of the image based on an amount of the diffused reflection light received by the imaging unit to inspect the image, wherein the image inspecting unit inspects a gloss distribution of the image by utilizing gloss reference data generated from the density distribution data and a gloss distribution of the image generated based on an amount of the specular light received by the imaging unit.