Image forming apparatus
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYoshiki Yoshioka
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Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes a character distinguishing unit, a character string extraction unit, a character specifying unit, a determination unit, an overwrite image data generation unit, and a control unit. The overwrite image data generation unit generates, if it is determined by the determination unit that there is a plurality of matches, overwrite image data that has been overwritten such that a character specified by the character specifying unit is indistinguishable as a character. The control unit performs control using the overwrite image data generated by the overwrite image data generation unit so as to cause a printing unit to perform printing on a printed material set in a printed material setting unit.
Claims8
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- a printed material setting unit configured to cause a user to set a printed material on which a character is printed therein;
- a printing unit configured to perform printing on the printed material set in the printed material setting unit;
- a printed material image reading unit configured to read an image printed on the printed material set in the printed material setting unit;
- a character distinguishing unit configured to distinguish a character from the image read by the printed material image reading unit;
- a character string extraction unit configured to extract a character string formed of a plurality of characters distinguished by the character distinguishing unit;
- a character specifying unit configured to cause the user to specify one of the plurality of characters forming the character string extracted by the character string extraction unit;
- a determination unit configured to determine whether or not there is a plurality of matches between character string data formed of a part of the extracted character string other than the character specified by the character specifying unit and respective parts of pieces of character string data registered in dictionary data in which a plurality of character strings each of which is formed of a plurality of characters are registered in advance, each of which is formed of characters other than a character in the same position as a sequence position of the character specified by the character specifying unit;
- an overwrite image data generation unit configured to generate, if the determination unit determines that there is a plurality of matches, overwrite image data that has been overwritten such that the character specified by the character specifying unit is indistinguishable as a character;
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- a control unit configured to perform control using the overwrite image data generated by the overwrite image data generation unit so as to cause the printing unit to perform printing on the printed material set in the printed material setting unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.