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US 8,896,851 B2Granted
Apparatus for dealing with a code and a control method of the apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNaoya Kakutani
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention relates to copying a paper document including no information in the original user information area and also no information in the latest user information area. Another aspect of the present invention relates to copying document including no information in the original user information area but some information in the latest user information area.
Claims3
A copying apparatus for dealing with an original code and a new code, both having two areas for holding user information,
- the apparatus comprising:
- an receiving unit configured to receive a log-in user's instruction for copying a document which has the original code holding no user information in an area and original user information in the other area;
- a capturing unit configured to capture the document to obtain a captured image after reception of the instruction;
- a detecting unit configured to detect the original code holding no user information in the area and the original user information in the other area from the captured image;
- a generating unit configured to generate the new code holding the original user information in the area which held no user information in the original code and user information about the log-in user in the other area which held the original user information in the original code;
- and
- a printing unit configured to print the new code generated in the generating unit to obtain the copy of the document.
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A copying method for dealing with an original code and a new code, both having two areas for holding user information,
- the method comprising:
- receiving a log-in user's instruction for copying a document which has the original code holding no user information in an area and original user information in the other area;
- capturing the document to obtain a captured image after reception of the instruction;
- detecting the original code holding no user information in the area and the original user information in the other area from the captured image;
- generating the new code holding the original user information in the area which held no user information in the original code and user information about the log-in user in the other area which held the original user information in the original code;
- and
- printing the generated new code to obtain the copy of the document.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.