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US 2009/0213397 A1Published application
Apparatus, system, and method of process control
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsMasaaki Ishikawa, Hiroshi Shimura
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Abstract
An apparatus, system, and method for image processing are disclosed, each of which obtains a mark from image data, detects additional information in the mark, determines whether the mark is detected in the mark to generate a determination result, and controls processing performed by an image processing apparatus with respect to the image data based on the determination result.
Claims14
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a mark obtaining circuit configured to obtain a mark from image data, the mark being previously embedded in the image data;
- an additional information detector circuit configured to detect additional information in the mark;
- and
- a controller configured to determine whether the additional information is detected in the mark to generate a determination result and to control processing performed by the image processing apparatus with respect to the image data based on the determination result, wherein:
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is detected, the image processing apparatus is controlled to perform processing that corresponds to the additional information, and
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is not detected, the image processing apparatus is controlled to perform processing that corresponds to the mark.
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An image processing system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a storage device configured to store a plurality of instructions which, when activated by the processor, cause the processor to:
- obtain a mark from image data, the mark being previously embedded in the image data;
- detect additional information in the mark;
- determine whether the additional information is detected in the mark to generate a determination result;
- and
- control processing performed by the image processing system with respect to the image data based on the determination result, wherein:
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is detected, the image processing system is controlled to perform processing that corresponds to the additional information, and
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is not detected, the image processing system is controlled to perform processing that corresponds to the mark.
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An image processing method, comprising:
- obtaining a mark from image data, the mark being previously embedded in the image data;
- detecting additional information in the mark;
- determining whether the additional information is detected in the mark to generate a determination result;
- and
- controlling processing performed by an image processing apparatus with respect to the image data based on the determination result, wherein:
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is detected, the image processing apparatus is controlled to perform processing that corresponds to the additional information, and
- when the determination result indicates that the additional information is not detected, the image processing apparatus is configured to perform processing that corresponds to the mark.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.