Patent Document ID: 8233669
Application ID: 12561487
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for monitoring an output from an image forming device, comprising: inputting a plurality of images formed by an image forming device; measuring an image quality parameter for each of the plurality of input images; assigning an image quality parameter value and an identifier for the measured image quality parameters; storing the assigned image quality parameter values and identifiers as a collection; fitting a plurality of models, including at least a linear model, a step model and a combination linear-step model, to the collection by determining values of fit parameters for each of the models that relate to the collection; determining a single best fit model from among the plurality of models based on a best fit to the collection, wherein an Akaike Information Criterion score is calculated for each of the plurality of models fitted to the collection; determining a current modeled image quality parameter for the image forming device based on the best fit model; and outputting the current modeled image quality parameter.