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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184343 | Image forming apparatus, apparatus for creating electronic album, image forming method, method for creating electronic album, program and index sheet There are provided a first section for acquiring image data; a second section for storing the acquired image data; a third section for acquiring accessory information; a fourth section for storing the accessory information; a fifth section for generating an image ID... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184344 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method, computer program and storage medium The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, computer-program, and storage medium capable of acquiring a paper fingerprint efficiently and improving convenience for users. An image processing apparatus according to the pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8174733 | Tint block image generation program and tint block image generation device A tint block image generation program generates tint block image data which forms a tint block image including a latent image portion, which is reproduced during copying, and a background portion, of which output density drops during copying, on a print medium. The ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8164799 | Digitally printed color anti-copy document in any resolution and processes and products therefor The present invention relates to a method and product resulting from the application of distortion security images in a digitally printed color anti-copy document, printed on demand, which may be variable use laser printers or printer/copiers and/or ink-jet printers... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159724 | Image processing apparatus, method, and program for applying security processing relating to a selected image A processing apparatus, method, and medium storing a computer program that combine two or more designated images (S1254), and input the type of security process to be performed for the combined image (S1253). The security process is performed for the c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159723 | Print control device and recording medium containing program for controlling printing device A print control device capable of controlling a printer to execute a printing operation is provided with a data converting module configured to convert job data output by an application and print setting data set by the control device into print data, a search condi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149466 | Method of embedding data in original image with reduced effect on visibility of original image A PC generating image data divides data to be embedded into a predetermined size and arranges it in a predetermined area of a watermarking image. In the predetermined area are defined positions a-h assumed by an information dot configuring an information pattern bas... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144368 | Automated methods for distinguishing copies from original printed objects This disclosure describes methods for using embedded auxiliary signals in documents for copy detection and other applications. In on application, the auxiliary signal is formed as an array of elements selected from a set of print structures with properties that chan... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144369 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method and memory medium An object of the present invention is to solve dissatisfaction of the user who cannot take out the source data in a case where a code image in the original can not be decoded. In order to accomplish the above object, the invention provides an image processing appara... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139270 | Variable data periodic line patterns for composing a font system A method and system is provided for generating a variable data differential line pattern font comprising forming a periodic line pattern suitable for tessellation disposition within a printed document and selectively distorting a portion of the periodic line pattern... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134751 | Systems and methods for previewing copy protected documents Systems and methods consistent with disclosed embodiments provide for a method for previewing documents by associating one of a plurality of copy protection templates with a document; and viewing the document using one of a plurality of options associated with a use... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130419 | Embedding authentication data to create a secure identity document using combined identity-linked images Techniques for creating an identity document are provided. The techniques include obtaining two or more identity-linked images, deriving one or more at least partially transparent regions from one of the two or more identity-linked images, combining the two or more ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125690 | Device capable of adjusting two-dimensional code An image forming device is provided which embeds a decodable two-dimensional code when embedding (printing) a two-dimensional code in an original document. The image forming device represents additional information by associating virtual points with dots in one-to-o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125689 | Image processing apparatus and method for associating a plurality of pieces of content data An image processing apparatus includes at least one input device for inputting a plurality of pieces of content data; a recognition unit configured to recognize a mark included in the pieces of content data, and an association processing unit configured to perform a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125691 | Information processing apparatus and method, computer program and computer-readable recording medium for embedding watermark information A watermark information embedding apparatus generates a document image from electronic document data that has been input thereto, modifies the electronic document data based upon the document image and embeds information in the electronic document data. The apparatu... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120819 | Image processing device and image forming device for generating corrected image data for a source image according to absorption wavelength characteristics of invisible coloring material An image processing device provided with an acquiring unit and a generating unit. The acquiring unit acquires invisible image data of an invisible image subject to forming on a recording medium with invisible coloring material and acquires source image data of a sou... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120818 | Image processing apparatus and computer-readable storage medium that add marking type information to predetermined image An image processing apparatus includes an input part to input data which is a target of an image processing, an output part to output a result of the image processing, a first filter to control an input process of data from the input part depending on the input part... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115966 | Method of embedding a plurality of different two-dimensional codes in an image The purpose of the present invention is to prevent a two-dimensional code to be additionally embedded from corrupting a two-dimensional code which has been embedded when a document in which the two-dimensional code has been embedded is copied or when a document in w... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115965 | Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium An image processing apparatus which makes it possible to change the manner of authentication between cases where restriction of a specific process is performed on an image of an original, as an original document, and where the restriction of the specific process is ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111432 | Infrared watermarking of photographic images by matched differential black strategies A system and method for infrared watermarking using gray component replacement and other color removal schemes is shown. This method includes providing a substrate and implementing two infrared absorption strategies, one with low infrared absorption and the other wi... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8107129 | Methods and apparatus for embedding and detecting digital watermarks in a text document Disclosed are a method and apparatus for embedding or detecting watermarks in a text, which belong to the field of document protection. The method and apparatus overlay an additional layer of shade in a document for recording a large amount of information from water... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102572 | Image processing apparatus and associated method and computer readable storage medium for extracting an embedded marking image An image processing apparatus and an associated an image processing method and computer readable storage medium are provided. The image processing apparatus includes an image reading module, an image data storage module, a registration module, an analyzing module, a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098408 | Two-dimentional code printing apparatus and method and tangible medium A two-dimensional code printing apparatus includes a computer device and a tape printer. A print frame is arranged on a label making work area on an edit display screen displayed on the computer device. A user inputs a text into a text box arranged on the print fram... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089661 | Embedding authentication information to prevent document spoofing In a computer system in which information represented by digital data is output to plural pages of recording medium, and then information on the plural pages of recording medium is read to use digital data representing the read information, authentication informatio... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8085444 | Image generating apparatus, image generating method, image display medium, and computer readable recording medium A leak-prohibited image to be subjected to leak prohibition is comprised of dots DT so that two dots are included in an 8×8 matrix at a resolution of 600 dpi. The leak-prohibited image is formed as a computer terminal acquires image data, converts the image ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8081347 | Image forming apparatus suitable for recycling sheets of paper with images formed thereon, and method and program product for adding recycling information To facilitate sorting sheets of paper for recycling, a MFP includes an image data accepting portion to accept image data output from an image reader, a recycling information determining portion to determine recycling information corresponding to the image data, and ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081349 | Printer having coded tag generator and controller for printing coded interface A printer is provided having a coded tag generator configured to generate coded tags based on identity data indicative of an identity associated with an interface and position data defining a relative position of each tag on the interface, and a controller for contr... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8081348 | Image processing device, method and program product processing barcodes with link information corresponding to other barcodes In a copy generation management on paper, the present invention aims to detect a falsification in embedded information and increase the capacity of embedded information while maintaining security. The image processing device embeds second additional information into... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8072649 | Image displaying medium, method of generating composite image displaying data and image generating system An image displaying medium, a method of generating composite image displaying data, and an image generating system are disclosed. A color image on the image displaying medium is composed of plural mesh points whose shape is an ellipse having linearity. The mesh poin... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8064103 | Information processing apparatus and method An information embedding apparatus (200) which embeds information in each character in an original document includes an extraction unit (202) which extracts the circumscribed rectangles of characters from the original document, a selection unit (203... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059313 | Image forming apparatus and method forming a latent image for embedding information in an image A pattern producing unit performs arithmetic on values of pixels corresponding to a pattern and a basic pattern read from a data storing unit with an AND operation unit, and thereby produces a pattern having substantially the same shade level as the pattern. The lat... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054509 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a specific pattern detecting unit which detects a background pattern representing additional information from inputted original document image data; an information detecting unit which extracts the ad... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054508 | Image processing apparatus, method, and computer program product that generates and encodes coupled information identifying image copying and processing devices An image processing apparatus includes an image acquiring unit that acquires an original image data containing first data, and a data processing unit that edits the first data in the original image data thereby generating edited original image data, and outputs the ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055998 | Processing instructions in a changed document object A main control unit determines whether or not a previous version with which comparison is to be made exists regarding a document stored in a session storage unit. Next, confirmation is made regarding whether or not there is difference between both compared objects, ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049934 | Communication terminal device for managing print media A communication terminal device includes a receiving unit, a printer unit, a selection registering unit, an extracting unit, and a determining unit. The receiving unit receives data. The printer unit prints an image onto printing paper according to the data received... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045235 | Method of adding specific image information and image forming apparatus Provided are a specific image information adding method with enhanced detection accuracy enabling multiple pieces of information to be added, and an image forming apparatus using the method. In the method of adding specific image information about a recorded image o... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8040570 | Systems and methods for print coating de-saturation Systems and methods for print coating de-saturation. An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method and system for controlling the output of a printer. When content is transmitted to a printer to be printed on a surface with a location-encoding pattern, ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040571 | Image processing for extracting unique information from region of paper determined to be suitable The present invention provides a technique relating to image processing capable of searching for, from a surface of paper, a more suitable region for matching of paper fingerprint information or print paper surface unique information. Its configuration includes a re... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8040572 | Image processing apparatus and method for applying selected security processing to user selected first and second image A processing apparatus, method and medium storing a computer program that combine two or more designated images (S1254), and input the type of security process to be performed for the combined image (S1253). The security process is performed for the co... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8035861 | Method and system for obtaining parameter for simulation in invisible code printing support system An image of a sample print printed to obtain parameters is picked up by using “a parameter obtaining device” that meets the standards of an instrument for the invention of “the electronic scrap system.” Then, the picked-up image is captured by a DTP system, ... | 10/11/2011 |
