Image processing system and electronic apparatuses
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoichi Takaragi, Akiko Kanno
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Abstract
An image processing system is capable of establishing that identification information is added to print includes a detector for detecting whether a printer will add identification information to printed matter when transferring image data from an electronic apparatus which processes the image data to the printer, to ensure the positive addition of the identification information to the printed matter.
Claims46
An image processing system for transferring image data from an electronic apparatus to a destination image forming apparatus comprising:
- an electronic apparatus including:
- certifying means for certifying whether said destination image forming apparatus has means for adding identification information to an image, according to data received by said electronic apparatus from said destination image forming apparatus, and
- transfer means for transferring image data to said destination image forming apparatus when said certifying means certifies that said destination image forming apparatus has the means for adding identification information;
- and
- a destination image forming apparatus including:
- receiving means for receiving image data from said electronic apparatus, and
- adding means for adding the identification information to the image data received.
An electronic apparatus for transferring image data to a destination image forming apparatus, comprising:
- certifying means for certifying that said destination image forming apparatus has means for adding identification information to an image, according to data received by said electronic apparatus from said destination image forming apparatus;
- and
- transfer means for transferring said image data to said destination image forming apparatus when said certifying means certifies that said destination image forming apparatus has the means for adding identification information.
An electronic apparatus for transferring image data to a destination image forming apparatus, comprising:
- image processing means for carrying out specified image processing of said image data;
- and
- certifying means for certifying that said destination image forming apparatus has means for adding identification information to an image, according to data received by said electronic apparatus from said destination image forming apparatus,
- wherein said image processing means and said certifying means are controlled by the same control means.
An image processing system for transferring image data between a first electronic apparatus and a second electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first electronic apparatus;
- a second electronic apparatus;
- first certifying means, in said first electronic apparatus, for certifying whether said second electronic apparatus has means for performing a first specified function;
- second certifying means, in said second electronic apparatus, for certifying whether said first electronic apparatus has means for performing a second specified function;
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- processing means for transferring said image data between said first and second electronic apparatuses according to the result of certification obtained by said first and second certifying means.
An image processing method in an image processing apparatus which outputs image data to a destination image formation apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- certifying whether or not the destination image formation apparatus has a function to add information to the image data;
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- when it is certified that the destination image formation apparatus has the function to add the information to the image data, outputting the image data to the destination image formation apparatus.
An image processing method in a first image processing apparatus which receives image data from a second image processing apparatus, said method comprising the steps of:
- certifying whether or not the second image processing apparatus has a function to identify whether or not an image is a specific image;
- and
- when it is certified that the second image processing apparatus has the identification function, receiving the image data identified by the identification function from the second image processing apparatus at the first image processing apparatus,
- wherein the identification function judges whether or not the image includes plural specific images.
A processing method in an image processing apparatus which comprises means for identifying whether an image includes plural specific images and preventing, based on the identified result, outputting of an image faithfully representing the image, said method comprising the step of:
- outputting, from the image processing apparatus to an external apparatus, information representing that the image processing apparatus has the means,
- wherein the means identifies whether the image includes the plural specific images by performing color identification.
A processing method in an image processing apparatus which comprises means for adding information according to the image processing apparatus to image data received by the image processing apparatus from an external apparatus, said method comprising the step of:
- outputting, from the image processing apparatus to the external apparatus, information representing that the image processing apparatus has said means for adding information,
- wherein the information to be added is added by using yellow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.