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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Kutami, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuo Noji, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Junpei Sakae, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Sakurai, Shizuoka, JP;
Atsushi Kutami, Shizuoka, JP;
Tetsuo Noji, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiro Sugiyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Junpei Sakae, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishizaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information managing apparatus for managing an information display medium is disclosed that includes a reversible display unit that is configured to reversibly display information in visible form and a reversible display storage unit that is configured to store display content data corresponding to the information displayed at the reversible display unit. The apparatus further includes a scanner unit that is configured to read a display of the reversible display unit and acquire display read data of the read display; a reader unit that is configured to acquire first display content data stored in the reversible display storage unit; and a control unit that is configured to compare the display read data acquired by the scanner unit and the first display content data acquired by the reader unit, extract a difference between the display read data and the first display content data based on the comparison, and output the extracted difference.