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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:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Applicant:
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tomohiro Kawasaki, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06F 17/24 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image forming apparatus includes an additional image creating unit, a composite image creating unit, and a printing unit. The additional image creating unit is configured to create an additional image by using information associated with externally acquired software data if the externally acquired software data comprises specific software data. The composite image creating unit is configured to create a composite image in which the additional image and an image of an original are composited. The printing unit is configured to print the composite image.