A reading apparatus includes: a reading section configured to generate a first image being a read image of a first face of a document sheet and a second image being a read image of a second face of the document sheet; if there is a brightness change area including a bright part having a brightness change in a convex state and a dark part being in contact with the bright part and having a brightness change in a concave state at an identical position on both of the images, an identification section configured to identify the brightness change area as a wrinkle area; and an output section configured to output the first image having been subjected to image processing of the identified wrinkle area.

Conditions corresponding to the type of print medium can be easily acquired when executing a printing process. A first area stores first information related to a print medium for each type of print medium. A second area stores second information, which is related to conditions used in a printing process generating print data and causing a printing mechanism to print on a print medium an image defined by the print data, relationally to first information corresponding to the type of print medium to be printed on in the printing process.

Various different output devices (e.g., printers, display devices) can be used to output content on various different substrates (e.g., paper, projector screens, painted walls or wallpaper). A data store stores output metadata for various output device and substrate combinations. The output metadata for an output device and substrate combination describes various different aspects of how that output device is to output color on that substrate. A computing device coupled to an output device obtains an identifier of the output device and an identifier of the substrate. The computing device communicates uses these identifiers to retrieve from the data store (e.g., directly or via a service) the output metadata for the output device and the substrate. The computing device uses the output metadata to generate output parameters for use when outputting content to the substrate.

A reference image of an image capture device is processed to detect multiple image flaws caused by defects or corruption items of the image capture device (510). Data corresponding to an image map of flaws for the image capture device are stored (520). For subsequent images, flaws in the captured image are corrected using the image map of flaws (530).

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scanner, a memory, and a processor. The scanner acquires a read image of an original document. The memory stores the read image of the original document that is acquired by the scanner. The processor detects a highlighted region including a region that is highlighted with a chromatic color in the read image of the original document which is stored in the memory and a circled region including a region circled by the chromatic color, and classifies the highlighted region as a region for first processing and classifies the circled region as a region for second processing.

A printing device includes: a display; an input unit; a printing engine; and a controller. The display is configured to display a printing target image including a plurality of objects. The input unit is configured to input a specified object specified from among the plurality of objects in the printing target image displayed on the display. The printing engine is configured to print the printing target image on a print medium. The controller is configured to perform: a printing operation. The printing operation is to print a patch chart on at least one sheet of print media with the printing engine. The patch chart includes at least one first patch for at least one specified color and a second patch for a predetermined color. Each of the at least one specified color is a color included in the specified object.

An image processing system includes an image forming apparatus, and an image processing apparatus connected to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus forms an image, acquires a chromaticity value that is a result of measurement of a sheet on which the image is formed with use of a sensor in which a characteristic of a light source is fixed, and transmits the acquired chromaticity value to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus receives the transmitted chromaticity value, specifies a condition when the result of the measurement using the sensor is acquired, and converts the received chromaticity value with use of the specified condition and information regarding an amount of an optical brightening agent contained in the sheet on which the image is formed.

An image processing apparatus includes an image forming device, a reading device, and circuitry. The image forming device is configured to form a first pattern on a recording medium. The first pattern includes a plurality of patches in a plurality of tones. The reading device is configured to read the first pattern. The circuitry is configured to acquire read data of the first pattern from the reading device. The read data includes red, green, and blue (RGB) color space values. The circuitry is further configured to: correct the read data based on information indicating a relationship between a color and a position in the first pattern to reduce variation in readings due to a read position of the first pattern; convert the read data corrected into device-independent data; and adjust a color reproduction characteristic of the image forming device based on the device-independent data.

Provided are an image processing method and an image processing apparatus which can acquire, based on first image data acquired from a first print medium, second image data that realizes high color reproducibility for printing on a new print medium.

In an image processing method and an image processing apparatus, first image data is acquired from a first print medium on which an image is printed, and first image processing is performed with respect to the first image data according to a color reproduction characteristic of the first print medium to acquire the first image data subjected to the first image processing as second image data.

There is a possibility that the accuracy of color adjustment decreases due to high-frequency density unevenness on a test chart that is used in a case where sensor reading characteristics are obtained. The present disclosure solves this by correction processing (generating a correction table for sensor shading correction processing) of a reading sensor configuring a scan unit after removing high-frequency density unevenness in advance by performing color adjustment processing (head shading correction processing).