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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
Applicants:
Yuuta Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yuuta Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Takahiro Asai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a generating unit and a superimposing unit. The generating unit generates an image carrier representing a machine-readable image pattern by using information to be embedded into a first image. The superimposing unit makes a second image translucent, the second image being an image of the image carrier, and superimposes the second image onto the first image in such a manner that the second image can be mechanically read and the first image can be read by a user.