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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2005
Applicant:
Jun Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image control system includes an image control apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The image control apparatus includes a pattern generating unit that generates a pattern based on a preset process for preventing a fraudulent use of an image; and an image combining unit that combines the image with the pattern to generate a combined image. The image forming apparatus includes a printing unit that prints out the combined image received from the image control apparatus.