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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2012
Tomomi Ishimi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiko Hotta, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Kawahara, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiaki Asai, Shizuoka, JP;
Tomomi Ishimi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yoshihiko Hotta, Shizuoka, JP;
Shinya Kawahara, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiaki Asai, Shizuoka, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method including: measuring a distance between a medium where an image is to be recorded and an image processing apparatus which stores a relation between irradiation energy and distance previously measured; calculating an irradiation energy from the distance measured in the measuring based on the relation stored in the image processing apparatus; and irradiating and heating the medium with laser beams having the irradiation energy obtained in the calculating to record an image in the medium.