- Patent Title: Foil-stamped print inspection apparatus, foil-stamped print inspection system, method of inspecting foil-stamped print, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing program
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Application No.: US16705584Application Date: 2019-12-06
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Publication No.: US11238578B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Koji Kita
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JPJP2018-231956 20181211
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00

Abstract:
A foil-stamped print inspection apparatus includes: a region selecting unit that selects a foil-stamped region based on data for inspection for a printed material; and an inspection unit that inspects a foil-stamped state of the printed material and determines that foil is unsatisfactory if the foil-stamped region in an image acquired by reading the printed material has a gray level that falls outside a predetermined range. A method of inspecting foil-stamped print includes: a region selecting step of selecting a foil-stamped region based on data for inspection for a printed material; and an inspecting step of inspecting a foil-stamped state of the printed material and determining that foil is unsatisfactory if the foil-stamped region in an image acquired by reading the printed material has a gray level that falls outside a predetermined range.
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