18644038. IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD (Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha)

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

Organization Name

Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha

Inventor(s)

Hiroyuki Kato of Mishima (JP)

IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18644038 titled 'IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD

Original Abstract Submitted

An image forming apparatus includes a controller configured to (a) acquire an image of a document, (b) identify a mark region containing a predetermined mark in the acquired image of the document, (c) decide a variable region containing a variable object that is variable based on an input based on the identified mark region, (d) decide a fixed region indicating a format of the document and containing a fixed object that is not variable, and (e) generate document data based on the decided variable region and the decided fixed region.