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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1997
Kazuo Yoshinaga, Machida, JP;
Shinobu Arimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Toshio Hayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Takehiko Nakai, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Utagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Nagase, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for processing a medium on which an identification mark is formed using a plurality of recording materials having fluorescent characteristics in wavelength regions almost overlapping with each other and having maximum absorbing characteristics at different wavelengths. The method and apparatus include the features of detecting, on the medium, the identification mark which is comprised of the plurality of recording materials and controlling an operation of a processing apparatus in accordance with a result of the detecting of the identification mark.