Image information output apparatus, image information output method, recording medium, computer data signal, and image information output system

• US 20080074702A1
• Filed: 03/20/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Miyoshi, Nobukazu
• Application Number:
  US11/725,438
• Publication Number:
  US 20080074702A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/3.28
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 21/04 Preventing copies being made of an original
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00843 based on recognising a copy prohibited original, e.g. a banknote pattern authentication and markers therefor, forgery detection G06V20/95; character recognition G06V30/10; document-oriented image-based pattern recognition G06V30/40; testing paper currency or similar valuable papers for genuineness G07D7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00864 Modifying the reproduction, e.g. outputting a modified copy of a scanned original details of composing or otherwise geometrically modifying originals H04N1/387

Abstract

An image information output apparatus includes: an image processing section that performs image processing on image information; an image information output section that outputs the image information subjected to image processing by the image processing section; a falsification detecting section that detects that the image information has been falsified in a process in which the inputted image information is subjected to image processing by the image processing section and is outputted by the image information output section; and a control section that controls an output of the image information by the image information output section based on a detection result detected by the falsification detecting section.

Claims

1. An image information output apparatus comprising:

an image processing section that performs image processing on image information;

an image information output section that outputs the image information subjected to image processing by the image processing section;

a falsification detecting section that detects that the image information has been falsified in a process in which the inputted image information is subjected to image processing by the image processing section and is outputted by the image information output section; and

a control section that controls an output of the image information by the image information output section based on a detection result detected by the falsification detecting section.

2. The image information output apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control section controls the output of the image information based on a relationship between a state of operation of the image information output section and a timing of detection by the falsification detecting section.

3. The image information output apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the control section controls the output of the image information based on a location where the falsification detection has been performed by the falsification detecting section.

4. The image information output apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the image output section is a printing section that prints the image information on a paper, and

the control section provides control to stop printing of an image on the paper by the printing section with respect to the image information whose falsification has been detected by the falsification detecting section, or provides control to allow the printing section to print a predetermined content set in advance.

5. The image information output apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the control section provides control such that in a case where falsification detection has been performed by the falsification detecting section, transport of the paper is stopped, and printing of image on the paper by the printing section is stopped based on the image information whose falsification has been detected by the falsification detecting section.

6. The image information output apparatus according to claim 4,

wherein the control section provides control such that in a case where falsification detection has been performed by the falsification detecting section, transport of the paper is continued, and printing on the paper is not performed on at least part of the image information whose falsification has been detected by the falsification detecting section.

7. The image information output apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the image output section is a facsimile transmitting section, and

the control section provides control to stop the transmission by the facsimile transmitting section with respect to the image information whose falsification has been detected by the falsification detecting section, or provides control to allow the facsimile transmitting section to transmit a predetermined content set in advance.

8. An image information output method comprising:

image processing on image information;

outputting the image information subjected to the image processing,

detecting falsification of the image information in a process in which the image processing is performed and its output is made; and

controlling the outputting of the image information based on a result of the detecting.

9. The image information output method according to claim 8,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a relationship between a state of output of the image information and a timing of the detection.

10. The image information output method according to claim 8,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a location where the falsification detection has been performed.

11. The image information output method according to claim 8,

wherein the outputting is printing, and

the controlling of the outputting is controlling for stopping printing on paper with respect to the image information whose falsification has been detected or controlling for printing a predetermined content set in advance.

12. The image information output method according to claim 11,

wherein, the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is stopped, and the printing is stopped based on the image information whose falsification has been detected.

13. The image information output method according to claim 11,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is continued, and printing on the paper is not performed on at least part of the image information whose falsification has been detected.

14. The image information output method according to claim 8,

wherein the outputting is transmission of a facsimile image, and,

in the controlling of the outputting, control for stopping the transmission of the facsimile image or control for effecting the transmission of a facsimile image having a predetermined content set in advance is provided.

15. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image information output, the process comprising:

image processing on image information;

outputting the image information subjected to the image processing,

detecting falsification of the image information in a process in which the image processing is performed and its output is made; and

controlling the outputting of the image information based on a result of the detecting.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a relationship between a state of output of the image information and a timing of the detection.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a location where the falsification detection has been performed.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15,

wherein the outputting is printing, and

the controlling of the outputting is controlling for stopping printing on paper with respect to the image information whose falsification has been detected or controlling for printing a predetermined content set in advance.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 18,

wherein, the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is stopped, and the printing is stopped based on the image information whose falsification has been detected.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 18,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is continued, and printing on the paper is not performed on at least part of the image information whose falsification has been detected.

21. The computer readable medium according to claim 15,

wherein the outputting is transmission of a facsimile image, and,

in the controlling of the outputting, control for stopping the transmission of the facsimile image or control for effecting the transmission of a facsimile image having a predetermined content set in advance is provided.

22. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform a process for image information output, the process comprising:

image processing on image information;

outputting the image information subjected to the image processing,

detecting falsification of the image information in a process in which the image processing is performed and its output is made; and

controlling the outputting of the image information based on a result of the detecting.

23. The computer data signal according to claim 22,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a relationship between a state of output of the image information and a timing of the detection.

24. The computer data signal according to claim 22,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided based on a location where the falsification detection has been performed.

25. The computer data signal according to claim 22,

wherein the outputting is printing, and

the controlling of the outputting is controlling for stopping printing on paper with respect to the image information whose falsification has been detected or controlling for printing a predetermined content set in advance.

26. The computer data signal according to claim 25,

wherein, the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is stopped, and the printing is stopped based on the image information whose falsification has been detected.

27. The computer data signal according to claim 25,

wherein the controlling of the outputting is provided such that in a case where the falsification has been detected, the transport of the paper is continued, and printing on the paper is not performed on at least part of the image information whose falsification has been detected.

28. The computer data signal according to claim 22,

wherein the outputting is transmission of a facsimile image, and,

in the controlling of the outputting, control for stopping the transmission of the facsimile image or control for effecting the transmission of a facsimile image having a predetermined content set in advance is provided.