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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8099036 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program A disclosed image processing apparatus is capable of shifting an illegal copy preventing pattern so that an image reading device can recognize the pattern printed at the edge end of the printing range on a paper even when the printing range on the paper is changed b... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8055180 | Copy-forgery-inhibited pattern density parameter determination method, copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image generation method, and image processing A primary test printing process of a plurality of copy-forgery-inhibited pattern images generated by changing one or both of print densities of the latent-image and background-image parts in a first pattern on the basis of a predetermined parameter is performed. The... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7979019 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, control program, and computer-readable program The present invention provides an image forming apparatus capable of restricting copying using, as a master copy, a copy of a produced work such as a book. An MFP is provided with a printing permission/prohibition judging section and an output paper sheet selection ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7920817 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a laten... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7805104 | Magnetic element-applied medium, and medium information reading method and device An information reading device for reading identification information from a medium to which at least one magnetic element for generating a signal upon receiving a magnetic field is provided, which includes a plurality of detecting parts that detect a signal generate... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7742735 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a laten... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7577391 | Image processing system An image processing system and method for copying an original document while maintaining the security of the document and for providing a high quality copy each time a copy is required. The system and method include inputting image information, generating output lim... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7450895 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method for use in generating image data An information processing apparatus generates printing image data of a printing image and copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern-image data of a copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image to be added to the printing image. The copy-forgery-inhibited pattern image includes a laten... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7424264 | Image formation apparatus and image formation method A multi-functional copying machine according to the invention has a scanner for reading the image of a document and image information appended to the document and a printer for forming the image on a medium. It compares the image read by the scanner and the image in... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7366429 | Image forming apparatus with a toner image forming device An image forming apparatus having a visible image forming device for forming a visible image on a recording material in a visible image forming area, a supplying device provided with a containing portion for containing the recording material therein, and for supplyi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362677 | Information record medium and information writing/reading apparatus An information writing/reading apparatus that cooperates with an information record medium including a ROM area and a RAM area, either the RAM area or the ROM area having in advance control information recorded thereon used to limit reading and/or writing of informa... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359087 | Print control apparatus and program An print control apparatus for printing a reproduction checking image in colors. In a print control apparatus 1 that has a printing device 6 to print a document, a CPU 2 combines a remaining pattern image composed of dots larger than a minimum d... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354072 | Authenticatable printed matter and its production method In authenticity determinable printed matter according to this invention, a background image portion and at least one message image portion are printed on a surface of a base member. The background image portion has a first line drawing which is arrayed in a first di... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352493 | Enhancement of glossmark images at low and high densities The present invention relates to expanding the range of image densities over which the manipulation of differential gloss as may be inherent in halftoned images may be achieved. By selectively applying halftones with anisotropic structure characteristics which are s... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350086 | Creation of image file The technique of the present invention ensures generation of an image file, in which image data and additional data are included, with the confidentiality of specific data kept. An image output system outputs the image data, which is generated in a digital st... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340194 | System for associating images produced by an image forming apparatus with users of the apparatus An image generation managing system includes an image forming apparatus provided in a management target area to form a color image on a recording medium, an image capturing apparatus to capture an image in a vicinity of the image forming apparatus in the management ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339599 | Image-processing apparatus and method, computer program, and computer-readable storage medium for discouraging illegal copying of images An object of the present invention is to provide a technique by which machines can determine whether printed material is an original or a copy. A technique for outputting printed material which has an effect similar to that of security paper using normal paper inste... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7327889 | Image recognition apparatus An image processing portion (1) performs binarization, segmentation, and feature extraction of a received image using a RAM (2), compares the extracted feature with specific pattern data stored in a dictionary data memory (3), performs recogniti... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324241 | Variable data differential gloss images The present invention relates to the segmentation of an image into a main area and a image segment for variable data differential gloss image control. A single color is selected. Two or more different color definitions are created by combining the selected single co... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319548 | Image processing device having functions for detecting specified images With a photocopier which stores original images read with a scanner in page memory, and prints later, in the event that judgment is made by a specified original judging unit that a specified original image is contained in an original document scanned for printing, t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317555 | Image forming apparatus When the present image forming apparatus is used as a network scanner configured to read a document and forward corresponding image data to a network, delay memories M, C, K allow RGB image data supplied from the scanner to be delayed by an equal time. A specific do... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7304770 | Reduction of differential gloss with halftoned clear toner A method for reduction of differential gloss as found in halftone image hardcopy prints. The method comprises selecting either a single halftone or employing two halftones: a first halftone having a high apparent gloss characteristic; and a second halftone having a ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7305150 | Image processing apparatus, for limiting access to stored information to a system administrator, and method thereof Trace information showing a fact that an illegal output request has been issued from any one of data processing apparatuses is managed. Under an output environment such that an output apparatus is shared from a plurality of data processing apparatuses, when it is de... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301675 | Glossmark images with clear toner The present invention relates to creating differential gloss images in clear toner by the manipulation of halftones employed prior to the depositing of the clear toner layer upon a substrate. By selectively applying halftones with anisotropic structure characteristi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7295790 | Image forming apparatus and control method The image forming apparatus detects a predetermined image data included in image data and transmits an electromagnetic signal to a memory card within a predetermined vicinity of the image forming apparatus. The memory card is configured to carried by a user of the i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7287284 | Information processing method and apparatus, and computer program and computer-readable storage medium Additional information is embedded in document data by inputting document data, inputting additional information, and inputting image data. The additional information is embedded in the input image data using a first digital watermark method, and the additional info... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7286684 | Secure document design carrying auxiliary machine readable information A two dimensional pattern design for secure documents serves as both a machine readable code and an aesthetic part of the documents' design. A method for generating the design generates a variable auxiliary message comprising message values and maps the message valu... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7284277 | Secured printing Methods and apparatus to facilitate secured printing in a network environment. Imaging devices on the network are adapted to look for a security key associated with each print job or incoming data stream. If no security key is identified, an imaging device denies th... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284133 | Information processing unit An information processing unit and methods therefore which render it more difficult to infer information being processed within an information processing unit by observing the unit's current consumption or electromagnetic radiation. Specifically, the information pro... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7280671 | Image processing to prevent forgery Control over processing of image data in a system comprising a plurality of scanning devices and a plurality of printing devices, each of which may or may not include a forgery-preventing function. An image processing apparatus receives information for each of the p... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7274890 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for distinguishing between an original print product and a copy of the print product An information processing device allows for user recognition of the difference between a print product (original) and a copy product of the print product. The information processing device includes a receiving unit which receives a character string which is conceale... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7263724 | Unauthorized usage monitoring system for image forming apparatus When a digital copier is used, for monochrome images, image data is stored into a storage in association with user ID codes at a 5% possibility while for color images, image data is stored in association with user ID codes at possibilities ranging from 0 to 50% depe... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7254283 | Image processor processing image data in parallel with a plurality of processors In order to efficiently process image data in a circuit dividing single image data into a plurality of data and processing the data with a plurality of MPUs in parallel with each other, the MPUs process image data input through an input image data in parallel with e... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7248733 | Color-image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium Conventionally, a color-image processing apparatus, such as a computer, or the like, cannot determine whether or not color-image data stored in an image storage device, such as a hard disk, or the like, is an image corresponding to a specific original. According to ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245740 | Electronic watermark embedding device, electronic watermark detection device, electronic watermark embedding method, and electronic watermark detection method To provide an electronic watermark embedding device for improving accuracy when classified information is being detected. The watermark image forming section 1006 creates a watermark image based on classified information 1004 with reference to the docu... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7242790 | Video steganography The present invention relates generally to hiding a signal in video. One form of hiding is steganographic encoding. In one implementation a method is provided including: receiving content data including a frame of image data comprised of plural pixels, each comprisi... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239734 | Authentication of identification documents and banknotes The present invention provides methods and systems that are helpful authentication of physical and electronic documents like financial documents and identification documents. Steganographic indicia plays a role in some of our implementations. In other implementation... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230731 | Image formation apparatus and method with password acquisition In an image formation apparatus that prints out print data to a sheet, a print data storage unit stores the print data, a printing unit conducts print processing to the print data stored in the print data storage unit, a password acquisition unit acquires a password... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7231059 | Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium therefor When image information for the purpose of being printed out has been entered, whether or not the image information contains a mark image such as a watermark is determined to such an extent that will not lower the throughput of a printer. To accomplish this, the imag... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227661 | Image generating method, device and program, and illicit copying prevention system An added information encoding part repeatedly arranges two kinds of copy inhibition code arrays of the unit two-dimensional arrays to which copy inhibition codes are assigned, and condition code arrays of the unit two-dimensional arrays to which codes for removing t... | 06/05/2007 |
