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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 02, 1997
Masahiro Funada, Yokohama, JP;
Kenichi Ohta, Kawasaki, JP;
Yutaka Udagawa, Machida, JP;
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuru Kurita, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Ohta, Fujisawa, JP;
Koichi Ishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for controlling the copying of an original includes a discriminator for discriminating a specific original in accordance with the degree of significance of the specific original, when discriminating a plurality of specific originals in forming one image. According to another embodiment, the device includes an inhibitor for inhibiting the copying of a specific original, when a memory or peripheral circuit having the discrimination criteria of the specific original is removed or exchanged, or it is out of order, and making a discrimination of the specific original by the same characteristic data of the specific original, even if the image is input from different input equipment, wherein the correct discrimination is effected based on the color tint distribution of the specific original.