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Apparatus with anti-forgery provision

  • US 5,321,470 A
  • Filed: 03/15/1993
  • Issued: 06/14/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • supplying means, having a single scanning device for scanning an original and for supplying electrical image data representing the original;

    means for determining whether or not the original represented by the electrical image data is an original having a specific pattern on the basis of the electrical image data supplied by said supplying means;

    means for processing the electrical image data supplied by said supplying means and for outputting a processed image; and

    means for controlling the processed image of said processing means on the basis of the determination result of said determining means,wherein the single scanning device is used by said supplying means to supply the electrical image data to both said determining means and said processing means and wherein the determining and the processing are performed in parallel.

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