Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

Tadaomi Suzuki

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiromi Kita

Kenji Yamada

Tsutomu Kimura

Shintaro Adachi

Shinji Hanaoka

Takeshi Furuyama

Masakatsu Kanda

An image processing device includes: an image obtaining unit that obtains original images one by one from an original document on which image processing is to be performed by the image processing device; an output unit that outputs each of the original images obtained by the image obtaining unit; an information acquiring unit that acquires control information for controlling operations to be performed by the image processing device, the control information being extracted from a control image represented by a specific image in the original image obtained by the image obtaining unit; and a control unit that determines whether the control information acquired by the information acquiring unit requires an authentication, determines whether an output of the original image having the control information is restricted on the basis of a result of the authentication when the control information requires an authentication, restricts the output of the original image when the output is determined to be restricted, and controls the output unit to output the original image when the original image does not require an authentication or when the output of the original image is determined not to be restricted.

Image processing device, image processing system, program product therefor, and image processing method

An image processor includes an image reading unit that reads source documents and converts read data into image data, an extracting unit that extracts password information and attribute information from the image data of each of the source documents read by the image reading unit, a password inputting unit that inputs the password information, a password determining unit that determines whether or not the password information inputted by the password inputting unit matches the password information extracted by the extracting unit, and a permitting unit that permits a source document to be subjected to image processing, if the attribute information of the source document is identical to the attribute information included in the source document of which the password determining unit has determined that there is a match between the inputted password information and the extracted password information.

Image processor, image processing method, and computer readable media storing programs therefor

An image forming apparatus includes: a generating unit that generates a control image representing control information to be used for controlling an operation that is performed by the image forming apparatus; a superimposing unit that superimposes the control image generated by the generating unit on a print image; and an output unit that outputs a superimposed image generated by the superimposing unit performing the superimposition. The control information is to be used for performing a control operation so that a document formed with pages having the superimposed image printed thereon is collectively processed, with the superimposed image representing the control information. The control information contains the total number of pages of the document and the page number of the corresponding page having the superimposed image printed thereon.

Image forming apparatus, image forming system, computer readable recording medium, and image forming method

An image processing system in which an image reading apparatus and an image formation apparatus are connected to each other through a communication interface, in which the image reading apparatus includes: a reading section that reads an original and generates image data, a memory that stores the image data, and a mount-processing permission section that, when the image reading apparatus is connected to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface, permits the image formation apparatus to carry out a mount-processing of the memory; the image formation apparatus includes: a mount-processing section that, when the image formation apparatus is connected to the image reading apparatus through the communication interface and permitted to carry out the mount-processing of the memory, carries out the mount-processing of the memory; and the image formation apparatus stores image data received from another communication interface into the memory for which the mount-processing has been carried out.

Image reading apparatus, image formation apparatus, image processing system, memory area sharing method for image reading apparatus, and memory area sharing method for image processing system

An image processing system for processing input image data according to the machine operation instructions described in a job control sheet and outputting the processed image data, comprises: instruction recognizing unit for recognizing the machine operation instructions stored in the job control sheet; decision unit for deciding whether execution of the recognized machine operation instructions is possible or impossible; processing unit for processing the input image data processed by the job control sheet when execution of the machine operation instruction is possible, and outputting the processed image data; instruction altering unit for altering the machine operation instructions by an operator of the machine; storing unit for storing input image data; and control unit for controlling all of said units.

Image processing system

A picture image editing system, incorporating a page memory device, having an editing subsystem and a boundary writing subsystem. The system is capable of writing desired boundary region data for at least some of the demarcating areas of a plurality of sets of picture image data to the page memory device, and of performing such writing operations in the course of or alternatively after the editing of the picture image data, such that boundary region data is present in a visually perceptible form, in a visually imperceptible form, or in a combination of both of these forms.

Picture image editing system for forming boundaries in picture image

image output apparatus includes a circuit for counting the number of pixels of various color and gradation densities contained in the image data, a circuit for estimating, based on the counted number, the amount of toner that will be consumed during development of the image data; and a circuit and rollers of an controlling based on the estimated amount the actual a mount of toner supplied for developing the image.

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Tadaomi Suzuki