An image forming apparatus 10a includes (i) an image input apparatus 1, (ii) a control section 5a, (iii) a document detecting section 24 including a blank page detecting section and a separator sheet detecting section, and (iv) a file creating section 31 for creating a file of image data. The image input apparatus 1 has a double-side reading function. The file creating section 31 has a blank page skipping function and a separating function. The control section 5a includes a function setting section 51 for enabling the double-side reading function and the blank page skipping function when enabling the separating function.

Provided is a reading kit including a reading unit configured to read an image of an original being conveyed in a predetermined direction at a predetermined reading position, and a white reference sheet comprising a white reference portion to be read by the reading unit and an engaged portion to be engaged with a positioning member. The white reference portion being arranged at the predetermined reading position by engaging the engaged portion with the positioning member.

A reading device includes a reading unit configured to read a document, and a control unit configured to acquire image data including a document region and a background region from the reading unit. The control unit acquires document information about a document, and sets, based on the document information, a background range indicating a range of a luminance value regarded as the background region.

An image reading apparatus, including: a first distance detector configured to measure a first distance of the original conveyed after a sensor is changed from a first state detecting the original to a second state not detecting the original; a second distance detector configured to measure a second distance of the original conveyed after the second state is changed to the first state; and a controller configured to control a conveyor so that the conveyor starts a conveyance of a succeeding original when the second distance reaches a conveyance permission distance before the first distance reaches a hole detection distance and the conveyor stops the succeeding original when the second state is changed to the first state before the first distance reaches the hole detection distance, and thereafter starts the conveyance of the succeeding original when the first distance reaches the hole detection distance.

A service use support device used for receiving a plurality of services, includes a hardware processor that: acquires one or more of target images to be processed; selects a preferred service from among the plurality of services for each of the one or more of target images on the basis of a degree at which each attribute satisfies a condition set for each of the plurality of services; and transfers each of the one or more of target images to a provider that provides each preferred service.

An image forming apparatus including an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a reading unit, a reference member, and a controller is described. The image forming unit forms an image and a detection image on a sheet. The detection image is used for detecting geometric characteristics of an image to be formed on a sheet by the image forming unit. The fixing unit fixes the image and the detection image formed by the image forming unit on the sheet. The reading unit reads the detection image on the sheet. The controller adjusts geometric characteristics of the image to be formed on a sheet based on a reading result of the detection image by the reading unit, and controls the reading unit to read the reference member and executes shading correction based on a reading result of the reference member.

An image reading apparatus capable of determining whether or not to perform an inclination correction for an original to be read is provided. The image reading apparatus comprises a pair of guide plates to sandwich an end of the original in a width direction, an original guide width detection sensor for measuring a width between the guide plates with the original sandwiched, various rollers for conveying the original, and a surface reading unit for reading an image of the original. The image reading apparatus further comprises an image processing part which detects the width of the original being conveyed as an original width to detect an amount of inclination of the original being conveyed. Further, the image processing part corrects the image of the original read in accordance with the amount of inclination detected. The image reading apparatus compares the guide width with the original width and controls whether or not to perform the inclination correction in accordance with a result of the comparison.

An image reading device, an image reading method, a non-transitory recording medium, and an information processing system. The image reading device includes a scanner to read a document into an image, determines a document type of the document based on the image, determines whether to confirm the predetermined destination based on a frequency with which an image of the determined document type is transmitted to the predetermined destination, displays on a display, a screen to confirm the predetermined destination based on a determination indicating that the predetermined destination is to be confirmed, and transmits the image to the predetermined destination based on a confirmation.

An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms an image on a recording material. The apparatus further includes an adjuster that sequentially executes adjustment operations corresponding to plural adjustment items which are selected in advance. The apparatus further includes a display that displays information indicating that a setting in which an adjustment result is to be reflected is newly generated when the setting is newly generated during execution of the adjustment operations.

The present invention discloses a smart Internet high-definition scanner with laser correction, which comprises a scanning area for placing a book to be scanned; a calibration laser emission unit located above the scanning area, an image collection unit and an image processing unit; wherein the calibration laser emission unit emits a laser beam to the book unfolded and placed on the scanning area, and forms a laser line on a surface of an opened page; the image collection unit collects a planar image of the bent page with the laser line; by establishing a three-dimensional coordinate system, and according to coordinates of pixel points of the laser line and an intersection angle between the laser beam and a plane of the scanning area, height coordinates of each pixel point on the laser line in the planar image in the three-dimensional coordinate system is obtained through calculation, a 3D curve of the laser line in the three-dimensional coordinate system is restored, and a real 3D curved surface of the page in the three-dimensional coordinate system is constructed according to the 3D curve; and a correlation between points on the 3D curved surface and the pixel points in the planar image is obtained through calculation, and the 3D curved surface after pixel value replacing is straightened, to complete scanning the current page.