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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2000
Masahiko Taniguchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming system includes a scanner to read image data, an image forming apparatus to form an image on an image receiving medium based on the image data, an input panel to input a user's manual signature and a memory to store an image of a user's manual signature. Further, the system includes a processing unit to collate an image of a user's manual signature input through the input panel with an image of a user's manual signature stored in the memory and to approve the use of at least one of the scanner and the image forming apparatus by user according to a result of the collation.
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