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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00167 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); H04N 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an image acquiring unit and a security pattern attaching unit. The image acquiring unit is configured to acquire a target image. The security pattern attaching unit is configured to select a security level of a partial area in the target image among plural security levels, and attach a security pattern corresponding to the selected security level to a position corresponding to the partial area.