Image processing apparatus, image processing method and memory medium
US6734992B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 11, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V10/22
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention intends to construct an image processing environment in which the copyright protecting information can be easily added to the print information without disturbing the print image and there can be easily discriminated whether the print information contains the copyright information. In an image processing apparats capable of executing a printing process on a recording medium by a printing unit, based on video information generated from print information entered from an information processing apparatus through a predetermined communication medium, the isolated point extracting circuit detects a predetermined isolated point in the video information and a copyright discriminating circuit discriminates whether the print information entered from the information processing apparatus contains copyright information based on the result of detection by the isolated point extracting circuit.
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