Cloud-based document quality assurance
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating document quality, comprising:
- receiving, by a cloud server, a stage request from a terminal device that indicates a requested stage in a printing pipeline of an image forming device;
receiving, by the cloud server, document data associated with the image forming device, wherein the document data was received from the image forming device at the requested stage in the printing pipeline of the image forming device;
accessing, by the cloud server, a cloud service;
performing, by the cloud service, a comparison between the document data and reference document data from a quality assurance database; and
generating, by the cloud service, a quality assurance report based on the comparison between the document data and the reference document data.
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to cloud-based document quality assurance. One example embodiment includes a method for evaluating document quality. The method includes receiving, by a cloud server, document data associated with an image forming device. The method also includes accessing, by the cloud server, a cloud service. Further, the method includes performing, by the cloud service, a data-segment comparison between the document data and reference document data from a quality assurance database. In addition, the method includes generating, by the cloud service, a quality assurance report based on the data-segment comparison between the document data and the reference document data.
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1. A method for evaluating document quality, comprising:
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receiving, by a cloud server, a stage request from a terminal device that indicates a requested stage in a printing pipeline of an image forming device; receiving, by the cloud server, document data associated with the image forming device, wherein the document data was received from the image forming device at the requested stage in the printing pipeline of the image forming device; accessing, by the cloud server, a cloud service; performing, by the cloud service, a comparison between the document data and reference document data from a quality assurance database; and generating, by the cloud service, a quality assurance report based on the comparison between the document data and the reference document data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A cloud service for evaluating document quality, comprising:
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a cloud service interface, wherein the cloud service interface is configured to communicate with a cloud server to receive document data associated with an image forming device, wherein the document data associated with the image forming device corresponds to a requested stage in a printing pipeline of the image forming device, and wherein the requested stage in the printing pipeline of the image forming device was received, by the cloud server, in a stage request from a terminal device; and a cloud quality assurance handler, wherein the cloud quality assurance handler comprises an image processing engine configured to compare the document data with reference document data from a quality assurance database, wherein the image processing engine comprises; an image processing unit configured to modify the document data, if necessary, such that a comparison between the document data and the reference document data can be made; and a byte comparator configured to perform the comparison between the document data and the reference document data, and wherein the cloud service interface is further configured to communicate a result of the comparison to the cloud server as a quality assurance report. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A system for evaluating document quality, comprising:
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an image forming device configured to process document data; a cloud server configured to receive document data associated with the image forming device, wherein the document data associated with the image forming device corresponds to a requested stage in a printing pipeline of the image forming device, and wherein the requested stage in the printing pipeline of the image forming device was received, by the cloud server, in a stage request from a terminal device; and a cloud service, accessible by the cloud server, configured to; perform a comparison between the document data and reference document data from a quality assurance database; and generate a quality assurance report based on the comparison between the document data and the reference document data.
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