Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Kunio Yoshihara

Masanori Sakai

Yoichi Takaragi

Takehito Utsunomiya

Yoshinobu Aiba

Tsutomu Murayama

Shinichi Fukada

Hideto Kohtani

Tatsuo Shinagawa

Hiroyuki Kimura

Koji Suzuki

Tadashi Ishikawa

Kazuyoshi Takahashi

Mitsuo Nimura

Hiroshi Ohmura

Hidenori Ozaki

Hirohiko Itoh

Toshiro Matsui

Hiroyuki Yaguchi

Hiroyuki Ichikawa

Keizo Isemura

Yoshihiro Funamizu

Jyoji Nagahira

Masatoshi Tanabe

Makoto Kikugawa

Akihiro Matsuya

Hirohiko Kishimoto

Junichi Takano

Kenichi Takahashi

Keiju Kuboki

Kazuhiko Hirooka

Hiroshi Sumio

Hidehiko Asai

Keishi Inaba

Ken Kuroda

Hideyuki Makitani

Joji Nagahira

Ritsushi Tanabe

Hideaki Kurihara

Eiji Sakaguchi

Mineko Sato

Michiko Hirayu

George Nagahira

Toshiro Matui

An image processing apparatus includes a region detection unit configured to detect from an image a region which is sandwiched between a pair of opposite lines and in which image formation is performed at a density lower than a predetermined density, a rendering unit configured to render a border of an inner portion inside the region sandwiched between the pair of opposite lines with a line having a density higher than the predetermined density, and an outputting unit configured to output an image in which the inner portion inside the region sandwiched between the pair of opposite lines is bordered by the border rendered by the rendering unit.

Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing apparatus which is capable of managing security information on electronic documents before and after merging at a low cost. A CPU circuit causes input electronic documents with attribute information added thereto to be stored in a HDD. The CPU circuit causes selected ones of the electronic documents to be merged while updating attribute information on the merged electronic document.

Image processing apparatus, document connecting method, and storage medium storing control program for executing the method

A document management system capable of reliably implementing disposal management of printed matter resulting from print output based on document data. A print history of images based on the document data printed by a printing device is managed. A deletion instruction for at least one set of document data stored in a document storage device is received. The document data targeted for deletion from the document storage device based on the deletion instruction is deleted. Management information of the document data targeted for deletion from the document storage device based on the print history managed by the management unit is deleted.

Document management system, document management apparatus, document management method, and program

In an information processing apparatus which divides a memory area into a plurality of boxes and manages data stored in each box, security information containing at least an editing condition and an output condition set for each box is stored. In transmitting data stored in a box to an external device, security information for the transmission target data is set based on the security information set in the box. When the security information set in the box is changed, security information set for the data corresponding to the box is also changed.

File access authorization management apparatus and method

An electronic data management system capable of preventing confusion due to transfer of electronic data, even if electronic data attached with original attribute is transferred is provided. This system includes a transfer source server and a transfer destination server connected via a network. The transfer source server retains electronic data having attribute information attached indicating that the electronic data is the original. The transfer source server duplicates the electronic data to create new electronic data and stores the same in conjunction with information indicating that the new electronic data is a duplicate and information identifying the transfer destination server to which the original has been transferred.

Electronic data management system, electronic data management apparatus, and electronic data management method

When an image including a specific image is created and stored, it is determined whether or not the height/width ratio of the specific image has been changed by a user in the image that includes the specific image. Whether or not to store the image including the specific image is controlled based on the results of the determination.

Information processing apparatus and control method thereof

A data processing method, which is provided in an image processing system in which a server and a data processor communicate with each other to perform a predetermined data process, includes a step of extracting a feature amount of electronic data to be output from a printer, a step of transmitting original specifying information including the extracted feature amount and a user ID for discriminating a print requester of the electronic data, to the server, a step of controlling generation of print data to be output to the printer, based on original certification information notified by the server, and a step of causing the printer to print the generated print data and information indicating that the print data corresponds to an original. By this method, a large storage capacity is not required to certify one data, and to keep a secret of the stored electronic data is easy.

System for certifying whether printed material corresponds to original

Since an image processing system that can authenticate the originality of digital data adopts an arrangement that does not save and manage digital data in a server, the server scale can be prevented from increasing, and the security can be improved. To this end, in this invention, in an image processing system in which a client and server are connected to be able to communicate with each other, the feature amount and user ID of digital data to be registered are registered in the server, and the digital data is saved in the client in correspondence with the registration number and registration date upon registering the feature amount and user ID.

Image processing system and information processing method

There is disclosed an image communication apparatus comprising communication means for communicating the image information, recognition means for recognizing a predetermined image within the image information received via the communication means, and recording means for recording received image information on a recording medium with a plurality of colors, wherein the recording means makes the recording with a color in accordance with a recognition result of the recognition means.

Image communication apparatus and method selectively recording a color

In an image retrieval apparatus, a desired image is recorded on a storage medium so as to correspond to an index image, and a recorded image is retrieved using an index image selected by the user. When recording an image on a storage medium or when retrieving an image from a storage medium, an index image can be assigned using a mark sheet on which a plurality of index images are printed. The image retrieval apparatus prints a mark sheet having a format corresponding to the number and the size of index images input by the user.

Image retrieval apparatus capable of printing a mark sheet for retrieval

An image processing apparatus comprises an input unit to supply code data from a plurality of data output devices, a converter to convert the code data supplied by the input unit into the image data every dot, and a generating unit to generate the image data obtained by the converter to a recording device. When print requests from a plurality of data output devices are simultaneously received, the image based on the data from each of the data output devices is switched every predetermined unit and generated.

Image processing apparatus

Image processing apparatus for printing data received from a plurality

An image processing apparatus reads color images, identifies the colors of an read color image, converts the color image into a monochrome image, synthesizes color recognition information on the monochrome image, and prints the resulting synthesized image as a monochrome image. As a result, even if a low-priced printer is employed, it is possible to provide a monochrome image permitting recognition of the colors of the color original, or quick identification of differences among the colors thereof. Moreover, this allows a user to specify a desired graphic pattern to be associated with a given color, and to obtain collation tables independently of the monochrome image, or to print the specified graphic pattern with any variable magnification power.

Image processing for converting color images into monochrome pattern

An image forming apparatus having functions of a scanner, a printer, and a facsimile includes a rectangular recording sheet, a first sheet cassette to enclose the recording sheet in a first direction, a second sheet cassette to enclose the recording sheet in a second direction different from the first direction by 90.degree., an input unit to input first and second image data in the first direction, a rotating unit to rotate the second image data from the input unit in the second direction, an image forming unit to form an image based on the first image data from the input unit or the second image data from the rotating unit onto the recording sheet fed from the first or second sheet cassette, and a feeder for feeding the recording sheet in the first sheet cassette to the image forming unit when the input unit inputs the first image data and for feeding the recording sheet in the second sheet cassette to the image forming unit when the input unit inputs the second image data.

Image processing apparatus for discriminating the input device and

Image communication apparatus and method that paints a color

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Sagamihara, Japan

Kunio Yoshihara