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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hikaru Uchidate, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Takayama, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Saiki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Go Araki, Suntou-gun, JP;
Kazuo Ogata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroko Katsuyama, Matsubara, JP;
Ichiro Yasumaru, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09C 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40093 (2013.01); H04N 1/00864 (2013.01);
Abstract
The image forming apparatus reads an original conveyed in the image forming apparatus, analyzes a feature value of information about an original image on the read original, generates an image to overwrite the original image with, using image data having the feature value obtained based on an analysis result, sets a predetermined area on the original image, and overwrites the predetermined area on the original image with the generated image.