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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2001
Akihiro Kawaoka, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kiyomatsu, Seto, JP;
Toshinori Kajiura, Ichinomiya, JP;
Akihiro Kawaoka, Nagoya, JP;
Tetsuo Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Kiyomatsu, Seto, JP;
Toshinori Kajiura, Ichinomiya, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Sheet definition data stored in a sheet definition data managing apparatus is supplied when necessary to a sheet recognizing apparatus to reduce a configuration cost of a sheet definition database. A sheet recognizing system has: a sheet definition managing apparatus including a sheet definition data generating apparatus for generating sheet definition data representative of a relation between a data writing field of a sheet and the written data and a charge managing apparatus for claiming a charge in accordance with a use degree of the sheet definition data by a sheet recognizing and processing apparatus; a communication network for transmitting the sheet definition data managed by the sheet definition data managing apparatus to the sheet recognizing and processing apparatus; and a sheet recognizing apparatus for recognizing the type of the sheet by referring to the sheet definition data acquired via the network.