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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2001
Yuichi Ikeda, Chiba, JP;
Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Chiba, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohisa Itagaki, Chiba, JP;
Nobuhiko Zaima, Chiba, JP;
Yuichi Ikeda, Chiba, JP;
Nobuatsu Sasanuma, Chiba, JP;
Kazuo Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohisa Itagaki, Chiba, JP;
Nobuhiko Zaima, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to a method of setting anti-forgery information addition level while taking an apparatus individual difference into consideration. The method is employed by a data processing system including: an image processing apparatusfor processing an image; and a maintenance apparatus, connected with the image processing apparatus through a network, for setting a processing function of the image processing apparatus. The maintenance apparatusdetermines an anti-forgery information addition level depending on an individual difference of apparatuses, such as an exhaustion level of the image processing apparatus. The addition level determined by the maintenance apparatusis transmitted to the image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatusadds anti-forgery information to an inputted image at the addition level transmitted by the maintenance apparatus