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US 8,427,708 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for controlling printing of information embedded in a document
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorsToshihiko Otake, Takashi Kamada
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Abstract
When an image is formed, a document including an original image and an original additional image is read to provide document image data, the additional image being visualized when the document is reproduced. Original image data in correspondence to the original image is extracted from the document image data, and output image data is created based on the extracted original image data. Then, printing is performed based on the created output image data.
Claims20
An image forming apparatus comprising:
- an image reader configured to read an original document including an original image and an original additional image to provide document image data;
- an image processor configured to extract original image data in correspondence to the original image from the document image data read by said image reader and create output image data based on the extracted original image data;
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- a printer configured to perform printing based on the output image data created by said image processor to produce an output document;
- wherein the original additional image is printed with greater visibility in the output document than in the original document when the printing is performed under unauthorized conditions due to vanishing of a part of the original additional image during reading by the image reader resulting from the part of the original additional image comprising dots smaller than a recognizable resolution of the image reader;
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- wherein said image processor adds first data to the extracted original image data to create the output image data when the printing is performed under authorized conditions, the first data forming a first additional image that is the same as the original additional image when the output image data is printed.
4 more elements
An image forming method comprising:
- reading an original document including an original image and an original additional image to provide document image data;
- extracting original image data in correspondence to the original image from the document image data, and creating output image data based on the extracted original image data;
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- performing printing based on the created output image data to produce an output document;
- wherein the original additional image is printed with greater visibility in the output document than in the original document when the printing is performed under unauthorized conditions due to vanishing of a part of the original additional image during reading resulting from the part of the original additional image comprising dots smaller than a recognizable resolution used for reading;
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- wherein first data is added to the extracted original image data to create the output image data when the printing is performed under authorized conditions, the first data forming a first additional image that is the same as the original additional image when the output image data is printed.
4 more elements
A computer-executable program stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium and configured to control an apparatus to perform a method for forming an image, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading an original document including an original image and an original additional image to provide document image data, the original additional image being visualized when the document is reproduced;
- extracting original image data in correspondence to the original image from the document image data, and creating output image data based on the extracted original image data;
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- performing printing based on the created output image data to produce an output document;
- wherein the original additional image is printed with greater visibility in the output document than in the original document when the printing is performed under unauthorized conditions due to vanishing of a part of the original additional image during reading resulting from the part of the original additional image comprising dots smaller than a recognizable resolution used for reading;
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- wherein first data is added to the extracted original image data to create the output image data when the printing is performed under authorized conditions, the first data forming a first additional image that is the same as the original additional image when the output image data is printed.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.