A system for capturing images during production of printed material includes an optical device comprising a plurality of cameras arranged in an array with adjacent pairs of cameras having overlapping fields of view. An imaging controller device determines a layout of content on printed material, and determines, based on the layout, an optical system configuration profile. Determining the optical system configuration profile includes selecting one or more cameras for capturing images of regions of interest on the printed material and determining a trigger interval for triggering the selected one or more cameras. The imaging controller device triggers the selected cameras at times determined based on the trigger interval to capture images of the regions of interest on the printed material as the printed material moves in fields of view of the one or more cameras during production of the printed material.

A surface object comprises a surface with a boundary, the surface having a background color. At least one optical marker is provided on the surface for assisting of image processing for improving appearance of an image of the surface with the boundary. At least one optical marker includes at least one color which is lighter or darker than the background color and the color different ΔE between the background color and the at least one color of the optical marker being between ΔE=2 and ΔE=18.

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scanner and a control unit. The scanner reads an image formed on a sheet, generates image data at a reading resolution, then stores the image data in a storage unit at a recording resolution. The control unit combines a reading direction image with the stored image data to generate synthesized image data, then records the synthesized image data in the storage unit. The control unit determines a position and size for the reading direction image in a synthesized image corresponding to the synthesized image data based upon the reading resolution and recording resolution.

According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a scanner and a control unit. The scanner reads an image formed on a sheet, generates image data at a reading resolution, then stores the image data in a storage unit at a recording resolution. The control unit combines a reading direction image with the stored image data to generate synthesized image data, then records the synthesized image data in the storage unit. The control unit determines a position and size for the reading direction image in a synthesized image corresponding to the synthesized image data based upon the reading resolution and recording resolution.

An image forming apparatus includes a scanner configured to read an image of a document and generate image data of the image according to a reading mode, a storage device configured to store the image data and the reading mode used when reading the image of the document, and a processor. The processor generates a combined image that includes the image of the document and a reading direction image that indicates a reading direction of the scanner and has a shape indicating the reading mode, and store data of the combined image in the storage device. The processor determines a position of the reading direction image in the combined image and a size of the reading direction image in the combined image, based on a reading resolution of the scanner and a resolution of the image data stored in the storage device.

A system for capturing images during production of printed material includes an optical device comprising a plurality of cameras arranged in an array with adjacent pairs of cameras having overlapping fields of view. An imaging controller device determines a layout of content on printed material, and determines, based on the layout, an optical system configuration profile. Determining the optical system configuration profile includes selecting one or more cameras for capturing images of regions of interest on the printed material and determining a trigger interval for triggering the selected one or more cameras. The imaging controller device triggers the selected cameras at times determined based on the trigger interval to capture images of the regions of interest on the printed material as the printed material moves in fields of view of the one or more cameras during production of the printed material.

An electronic apparatus includes a reading unit, a processing unit, and a printing unit. The reading unit scans a reading target and acquires a plurality of scanned images. The processing unit performs processing to specify an aggregation target range which is a target of aggregate printing, of the plurality of scanned images, based on the plurality of scanned images. The printing unit aggregate-prints the scanned images specified as the aggregation target range, of the plurality of scanned images.

An electronic apparatus includes a storage device, an image reading device, and a controller. The controller detects, from a text included in an image of a document read by the image reading device, a first prescribed word, extracts a text portion of a predetermined length continuous before or after the first prescribed word detected, calculates, by keyword groups stored in the storage device, a number representing matching between the keyword belonging to a keyword group and a character string included in the text portion extracted, reads out from the storage device an address associated with the keyword group having a largest number in the number representing the matching, and creates an e-mail a destination address of which is the address read out.

According to one embodiment, a decoloring device includes a reading unit, a decoloring unit, and a control unit. The reading unit is configured to read control information from a first image formed in a predetermined area of a sheet. The decoloring unit is configured to decolor a portion or entirety of a second image, different from the first image, formed on the sheet using a decolorable recording material. The control unit is configured to control erasing of the data of the second image from a storage device, based on the control information, in a case where the decoloring unit decolors the second image.

An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a sheet includes a reading section, a determining section, a generation section, a searching section, and a placement section. The reading section reads a predetermined shape from an original document. The determining section determines whether or not the predetermined shape contains a first image. The generation section generates a first search condition based on the first image. The searching section searches for at least one second image fulfilling the first search condition from a storage apparatus storing a plurality of images. The placement section places the second image in a first area in which the predetermined shape is located.