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US 7,454,528 B2Granted
Image output apparatus using close range radio contact wherein radio contact element is attached to document on which an image is recorded
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsYuichiro Kanoshima, Sadayuki Iwai, Naoto Shiraishi, Hisao Shirasawa, Kazunari Tonami, Yoshinori Hayashi, Naoki Miyatake
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Abstract
An image output apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element that performs a close-range radio contact; an image processing unit that forms image data of an image to be output from the first information; and an image output unit that outputs the image to an output medium from the image data.
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An image output apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element that performs a close-range radio contact, wherein the first radio contact element is attached to a document on which an image is recorded;
- an image processing unit that forms image data of an image to be output from the first information;
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- an image output unit that outputs the image to an output medium from the image data.
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An image output apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element that performs a close-range radio contact, wherein the first radio contact element is attached to a document containing an image and wherein the first information is information that is not recorded on the document;
- an image processing unit that forms image data from the first information, wherein the image processing unit forms the image data including the information that is not recorded on the document;
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- an image output unit that outputs an output image to an output medium, the output image including the image from the document and the image data based on the first information.
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An image output apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit that receives first information from a first radio contact element performs a close-range radio contact;
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- an image output unit that outputs an image to an output medium, wherein the first information is information concerning the output medium, and the image output unit determines an image output condition based on the information concerning the output medium and outputs the image according to the output condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.