Document reproduction security system
US4908873A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S283/902
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for selectively effecting operation of a copying or facsimile machine in accordance with the textual content of a scanned document. The system includes an optical character reader which generates scanned character code signals representative of characters comprising at least a portion of the text of the document, a memory for storing at least one correlation criterion, and a processor for selectively effecting operation of the copying or facsimile machine in accordance with the correlation of the criterion to the text.
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