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Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014

Filed:

May. 24, 2010
Applicants:

Keiichi Okada, Saitama, JP;

Mitsuru Iioka, Saitama, JP;

Noribumi Sato, Saitama, JP;

Jun Koyatsu, Saitama, JP;

Kaoru Yamauchi, Saitama, JP;

Inventors:

Keiichi Okada, Saitama, JP;

Mitsuru Iioka, Saitama, JP;

Noribumi Sato, Saitama, JP;

Jun Koyatsu, Saitama, JP;

Kaoru Yamauchi, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/56 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/272 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image forming apparatus includes: a ground image producing unit which produces a ground image that determines a print position of an information image; a ground image printing unit which prints the ground image produced by the ground image producing unit, with a printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of a reading apparatus that reads the information image; and an information image printing unit which prints the information image at a print position that is determined by the ground image printed by the ground image printing unit.


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