| US 7,612,913 B2 | ||
| Warning system and warning method | ||
| Masanori Matsuzaki, Yokohama (Japan); Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama (Japan); Mitsuru Uzawa, Hachioji (Japan); Reiji Misawa, Meguro-ku (Japan); and Osamu Iinuma, Kawasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 22, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/207,754. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-244142 (JP), filed on Aug. 24, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0044591 A1, Mar. 02, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 358—1.9 [358/1.14; 358/2.1] | 24 Claims |
| 1. A warning system comprising:
determining means for determining, prior to printing by a printing apparatus of an image based on data obtained after an image
processing of image data, whether or not there is a possibility in which an undesirable printing result may be caused based
on the image data;
region separation means for separating the image data into regions having different attributes;
determination means for determining whether each of the regions having different attributes may cause an undesirable printing
result;
data forming means for simulating, when it is determined that there is the possibility in which the undesirable printing result
may be caused, the image processing by the printing apparatus to form the data obtained after the image processing with respect
to thus determined image data; and
display means for displaying, prior to printing of the image by the printing apparatus, a preview image based on the data
after the image processing.
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