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US 8,576,420 B2Granted
Image processing apparatus that can maintain security
AssigneeKonica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
InventorTaisuke Akahori
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Abstract
When an image of a read out document is acquired, an MFP obtains information of a read out state of the image (document orientation or the like) or a copy setting information (magnification and the like), qualified as the copy permissive condition embedded in the image. Copying is permitted only when the read out state of the image or the copy setting of the image matches the permissive condition embedded in the image.
Claims13
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an acquirement portion for acquiring an image of a document read out,
- a detector for detecting at least one of a read out state of said image and a setting for copying said image acquired from the acquirement portion,
- a pattern determination unit for determining whether there is a permissive condition included in a copy prohibition pattern embedded in said image, the permissive condition being for at least one of a read out state and a setting for copying of said image, and
- a controller for permitting or prohibiting at least a part of an operation of said image processing apparatus based on a detected result of said detector, wherein the controller permits at least a part of an operation of said image processing apparatus only when the detected read out state or the setting for copying matches the permissive condition of the copy prohibition pattern.
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An image processing method comprising:
- an acquirement step of acquiring an image of a read out document,
- a detection step of detecting at least one of a read out state of said image and a setting for copying said image acquired from the acquired step,
- a pattern determination step of determining whether there is a permissive condition included in a copy prohibition pattern embedded in said image, the permissive condition being for at least one of a read out state and a setting for copying of said image, and
- a control step of permitting or prohibiting at least a part of an operation of an image processing apparatus based on a detected result at said detection step, wherein at least a part of an operation of said image processing apparatus is permitted only when the detected read out state or setting for copying matches the permissive condition of the copy prohibition pattern.
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An image processing program embodied on a non-transitory recording medium, for causing a computer to execute:
- an acquirement step of acquiring an image of a read out document,
- a detection step of detecting at least one of a read out state of said image and a setting for copying said image acquired from the acquirement step,
- a pattern determination step of determining whether there is a permissive condition included in a copy prohibition pattern embedded in said image, the permissive condition being for at least one of a read out state and a setting for copying of said image, and
- a control step of permitting or prohibiting at least a part of an operation of an image processing apparatus based on a detected result at said detection step, wherein at least a part of an operation of said image processing apparatus is permitted only when the detected read out state or setting for copying matches the permissive condition of the copy prohibition pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.