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Document reproduction security system

  • US 4,908,873 A
  • Filed: 05/13/1983
  • Issued: 03/13/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for selectively effecting operation of a copying apparatus in accordance with the textual content of a scanned document, said copying apparatus including an operation control circuit responsive to control signals applied thereto for actuating said copying apparatus, said system comprising:

  • optical character reader means, for generating respective scanned character code signals indicative of the respective characters comprising at least a portion of the test of said document;

    memory means for storing indicia of at least one correlation criterion in respect of said portion of text; and

    processor means, responsive to said scanned character code signals, for selectively generating said control signals to said operation control circuit for enabling or inhibiting said copying apparatus in accordance with a correlation of said criterion with said portion of text.

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