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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1998
Takashi Saitoh, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Takahashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshio Kaneko, Minato-ku, JP;
Shigeo Kurotaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Toshiya Hikita, Machida, JP;
Kyoji Omi, Kawasaki, JP;
Midori Aida, Yokohama, JP;
Shinji Yamakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiromi Okubo, Yokohama, JP;
Kouji Ishigaki, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Ukai, Yokohama, JP;
Kazuo Murai, Shinjuku-ku, JP;
Haruhiko Fukuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yukio Sakano, Fuchu, JP;
Tadato Hashiguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Michiyoshi Tachikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyasu Sumida, Ichikawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An original image comprises a printed region on which a predetermined printed matter is realized and a background region on which no printed matter is realized. The shape of a peripheral zone in the original image comprises the shape of the background region, which shape exists particularly at the peripheral region of said original image. It is determined whether or not the original image comprises the special document by detecting the peripheral zone. Further, the original image has an outer-frame region, having a predetermined shape at the peripheral region of the original image. The determination is carried out using a result of measuring the width of the outer-frame region. Further, the width of the outer-frame region comprises a width along a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction extending along the outline of the original image.