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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Yasushi Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Masaichi Niro, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Shimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Masaaki Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Taeko Ishizu, Yashio, JP;
Motohiro Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Masaichi Niro, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Shimura, Yokosuka, JP;
Masaaki Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Taeko Ishizu, Yashio, JP;
Motohiro Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing device including an area generation unit configured to generate a supplemental data-embedded area in image data having content data separate from an area occupied by the content data, and a data embedding unit configured to embed supplemental data in the supplemental data-embedded area.