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US 7,719,710 B2Granted
Image forming system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKoichiro Suzuki
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Abstract
An image forming system, which forms an image relating to subject data on a recording medium having a holding unit holding identification information specific to the storage medium, including: a detection unit which detects identification information held by the holding unit of an arbitrary recording medium on which an image is recorded; and a control unit which acquires subject data corresponding to the detected identification information and forms an image relating to the acquired subject data on the recording medium.
Claims17
An image forming system comprising:
- image forming means that, in accordance with an image forming instruction, forms an image relating to subject data on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag that stores identification information specific to the recording medium;
- detecting means that communicates with the RFID tag of the recording medium by radio frequency communication and reads the identification information from the RFID tag of the recording medium;
- database means that, in accordance with the image forming instruction, obtains the identification information read by said detecting means from the RFID tag of the recording medium and forms a database of the subject data along with the obtained identification information, wherein,
- when the image relating to the subject data is formed on a first recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag by said image forming means in accordance with an image forming instruction, said database means obtains first identification information read by said detecting means from the RFID tag of the first recording medium and stores the first identification information and the subject data in association with each other in the database, and
- when the image relating to the subject data is formed on a second recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag by said image forming means in accordance an the image forming instruction, said database means obtains second identification information read by said detecting means from the RFID tag of the second recording medium and stores the second identification information in association with the subject data in the database;
- retrieving means that detects the subject data from the database corresponding to the identification information of the recording medium read by said detecting means, at a timing later than when the image relating to the subject data is formed on the recording medium;
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- control means that controls said image forming means to form an image relating to the subject data detected by said retrieving means on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag, said detecting means to read identification information from the RFID tag, and said database means to store the identification information in the database.
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An image forming method for an image forming system, comprising the steps of:
- in accordance with an image forming instruction, forming an image relating to subject data on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag that stores identification information specific to the recording medium;
- communicating with the RFID tag of the recording medium by radio frequency communication and reading the identification information from the RFID tag of the recording medium;
- in accordance with the image forming instruction, obtaining the identification information read in said reading step from the RFID tag of the recording medium and forming a database of the subject data along with the identification information, wherein,
- when the image relating to the subject data is formed on a first recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag in said image forming step in accordance with an image forming instruction, said database forming step includes obtaining first identification information read in said reading step from the RFID tag of the first recording medium and storing the first identification information and the subject data in association with each other in the database, and
- when the image relating to the subject data is formed on a second recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag in said image forming step in accordance with an image forming instruction, said database forming step includes obtaining second identification information read in said detecting step from the RFID tag of the second recording medium and storing the second identification information in association with the subject data in the database;
- detecting the data from the database corresponding to the identification information of the recording medium read in said communicating and reading step, at a timing later than when the image relating to the subject data is formed on the recording medium;
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- controlling said image forming step to form an image relating to the subject data detected in said retrieving step on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag, said detecting step to read identification information from the RFID tag, and said database forming step to store the identification information in the database.
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An image forming system comprising:
- an image forming unit configured to, in accordance with an image forming instruction, form an image relating to subject data on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag that stores identification information specific to the recording medium;
- a detecting unit configured to communicate with the RFID tag of the recording medium by radio frequency communication and read the identification information from the RFID tag of the recording medium;
- a database unit configured to, in accordance with the image forming instruction, obtain the identification information read by said detecting unit from the RFID tag of the recording medium and form a database of the subject data along with the obtained identification information, wherein,
- when an image relating to the subject data is formed on a first recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag by said image forming unit in accordance with an image forming instruction, said database unit obtains first identification information read by said detecting unit from the RFID tag of the first recording medium and stores the first identification information and the subject data in association with each other in the database, and
- when the image relating to the subject data is formed on a second recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag by said image forming unit in accordance with an image forming instruction, said database unit obtains second identification information read by said detecting unit from the RFID tag of the second recording medium and stores the second identification information in association with the subject data in the database;
- a retrieving unit configured to detect the subject data from the database corresponding to the identification information of the recording medium read by said detecting unit at a timing later than when the image relating to the subject data is formed on the recording medium;
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- a control unit configured to control said image forming unit to form an image relating to the subject data detected by said retrieving unit on a recording medium provided thereon with an RFID tag, said detecting unit to read identification information form the RFID tag, and said database unit to store the identification information in the database.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.