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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2006
Koji Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Koji Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A condition determination unit () determines a to-be-used copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image from a first copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image generated using a latent pattern designed as a pattern that becomes visible upon copy and a background pattern designed as a pattern that becomes invisible upon copy and a second copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image generated using the latent pattern. A tint block image generation unit () generates the determined copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image. A combining unit () combines the generated copy-forgery-inhibited-pattern image with a print target image. A print data processing unit () generates print data on the basis of the combined data and outputs the print data to a printer ().