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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2008
Applicant:
Naohiro Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Naohiro Yasuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image reading apparatus scans an original and generates image data of the original, sequentially transmits the image data while scanning the original, detects a predetermined particular image from the image data, and transmits a detection result of detecting the particular image. An image processing apparatus receives the image data and the detection result from the image reading apparatus, stores the image data in a storage unit, determines whether the detection result is received, and when it is determined that the detection result is received, restricts usage of the image data stored in the storage unit.