Method and device for registering the use of copying machines

US4533237A · kind A · utility

Inventors

• Hermann Stockburger · Bayreuth, DE
• Hans-George Winderlich · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
• Siegfried Bauer · Bruchsal, DE
• Zeljko H. Adamovic · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 1984
• Grant date: Aug 6, 1985
• Expiry date: Jul 9, 2004

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F17/26
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

For registering the use of copying machines, the copying operation is initially enabled by introduction of user representative data. To provide evidence with respect to the identity of a person who made one or more copies of an original a separate record of the original is generated, and an information identifying the user is included on the record. The original may only be withdrawn from the copying machine after this record has been generated.