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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:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2008
Applicant:
Tomonori Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tomonori Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/44 (2013.01); H04N 1/00838 (2013.01); H04N 1/00846 (2013.01); H04N 1/00864 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical writing apparatus has a part configured to superpose an unauthorized copy protection pattern on image data; a control part configured to recognize the unauthorized copy protection pattern, correct image data of the unauthorized copy protection pattern in pixel unit, and control a size of an isolated dot included in the unauthorized copy protection pattern; and a writing part configured to write a corresponding image on a photosensitive body based on the thus-corrected image data.