IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUDIO RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN AUDIO RECORDING PROGRAM

• US 20160165090A1
• Filed: 11/20/2015
• Published: 06/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Ricoh Company Limited
• Inventors: MATSUZAWA, Junji
• Granted Patent: US 9,860,412 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/04018 Image composition, e.g. adding or superposing informations on the original image composition of facsimile picture signals H04N1/387
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/50 Machine control of apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern, e.g. regulating differents parts of the machine, multimode copiers, microprocessor control sequencing control G03G21/14
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00637 Acoustic detector
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17823 Reference signals, e.g. ambient acoustic environment
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/17873 using a reference signal without an error signal, e.g. pure feedforward
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 2210/1052 Copiers or other image-forming apparatus, e.g. laser printer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00403 Voice input means, e.g. voice commands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0081 Image reader H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes circuitry configured to obtain audio data of audio collected through a microphone, determine whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result, record the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold, and add the recorded audio data to image data.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to;

obtain audio data of audio collected through a microphone;

determine whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result;

record the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold; and

add the recorded audio data to image data.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a data output interface to output the image data to which the audio data is added.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising

a scanner to scan an image on a document into the image data, wherein the circuitry instructs the scanner to scan the document while recording the audio simultaneously with the microphone if the noise level is less than the threshold.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is greater than the threshold, the circuitry is further configured to

obtain antiphase audio of noise,

reduce the noise of the audio data using the antiphase audio to be equal to or less than the threshold, and

record the audio data from which the noise is reduced.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a memory to store the noise,

wherein the circuitry converts the noise into the antiphase audio of noise.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a memory to store the antiphase audio of noise.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry is configured to:

collect external noise; and

convert the collected noise into the antiphase audio of noise.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry is configured to mix the antiphase audio of noise with the audio data of audio collected through the microphone so as to have the audio data having the noise level equal to or less than the threshold.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the circuitry amplifies the antiphase audio of noise.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the noise level is a level of operating noise of the image forming apparatus.

11. A method of recording audio performed by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising

obtaining audio data collected through a microphone;

determining whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result

recording the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold; and

adding the recorded audio data to image data.

12. A non-transitory, computer-readable recording medium storing a program that, when executed by one or more processors of an image processing apparatus, causes the processors to implement a method of recording audio, comprising:

obtaining audio data collected through a microphone;

determining whether the audio data has a noise level equal to or less than a threshold to generate a determination result

recording the audio data when the determination result indicates that the noise level of the audio data is equal to or less than the threshold; and

adding the recorded audio data to image data.