Imaging method, imaging apparatus, and image information management system
US6651894B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 10, 2001 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2021 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2019/06225
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An imaging method includes the steps of (a) determining whether an object on which an image is to be formed is an information display medium on which a code is formed with an imaging material formed of a near infrared absorbing pigment, and (b) forming the image on the object by a printer engine with an imaging material formed of a pigment absorbing no or little light in a near infrared spectral region if the step (a) determines that the object is the information display medium.
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