Image processing to superimpose code on a document image
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Hirano, Tetsuya Kimura, Hitoshi Okamoto, Kengo Shinozaki
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a composite image generator and a print controller. The composite image generator generates a composite image by superimposing, on a document image of a document represented by document data, two-dimensional code images individually corresponding to multiple document elements included in the document. The print controller causes a printer to print the composite image. The composite image generator determines positions of the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements so that the positions do not overlap images of the document elements.
Claims12
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a composite image generator that generates a composite image by superimposing, on a document image of a document represented by document data, two-dimensional code images individually corresponding to a plurality of document elements included in the document;
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- a print controller that causes a printer to print the composite image,
- wherein the composite image generator determines positions of the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements so that the positions do not overlap images of the document elements,
- wherein the document elements are sequenced,
- wherein information represented by each two-dimensional code image is stored in a memory, and
- wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises an associating unit that associates, with the information represented by each two-dimensional code image corresponding to a corresponding one of the document elements, the information represented by the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements before and after the corresponding one of the document elements.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process, the process comprising:
- generating a composite image by superimposing, on a document image of a document represented by document data, two-dimensional code images individually corresponding to a plurality of document elements included in the document, wherein the document elements are sequenced, and wherein information represented by each two-dimensional code image is stored in a memory;
- causing a printer to print the composite image;
- determining positions of the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements so that the positions do not overlap images of the document elements, and
- associating, with the information represented by each two-dimensional code image corresponding to a corresponding one of the document elements, the information represented by the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements before and after the corresponding one of the document elements.
An image processing method comprising:
- generating a composite image by superimposing, on a document image of a document represented by document data, two-dimensional code images individually corresponding to a plurality of document elements included in the document, wherein the document elements are sequenced, and wherein information represented by each two-dimensional code image is stored in a memory;
- causing a printer to print the composite image;
- determining positions of the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements so that the positions do not overlap images of the document elements, and
- associating, with the information represented by each two-dimensional code image corresponding to a corresponding one of the document elements, the information represented by the two-dimensional code images corresponding to the document elements before and after the corresponding one of the document elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.