Apparatus with anti-forgery provision
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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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Abstract
An image processing apparatus for processing an input image and recording the image on a recording medium, and particularly a color copying apparatus which permits color copying of an original, and makes it possible to discriminate a specific original for the sake of prevention of forgery of a banknote, a negotiable instrument, or the like. The specific original is provided with copying processing which is different from that provided for an ordinary original.
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37 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 35)
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13. A copying apparatus comprising:
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reading means having a single scanning device for scanning an original and generating image data representing the original; determining means for determining whether or not the original represented by the image data is an original having a specific pattern on the basis of the image data generated by said reading means; processing means for processing image data generated by said reading means and for outputting a reproduction image; and controlling means for controlling a condition of said copying apparatus on the basis of the determination result obtained by said determining means, wherein the single scanning device is used by said reading means to supply the image data to both said determining means and said processing means and wherein the determining and the processing are performed in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 36)
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23. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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supplying means, having a single scanning device for scanning an original and for supplying image data representing the original; means for processing the image data supplied by said supplying means, said processing means having a first processing mode which accurately reproduces the supplied image data and a second processing mode which prohibits normal processing of the supplied image data; means for determining whether or not the original is an original which is to be prohibited from being processed by the normal processing, on the basis of the image data supplied by said supplying means; and means for selecting between the first processing mode and the second processing mode of said processing means, in accordance with the determination result obtained by said determining means, wherein the single scanning device is used by said supplying means to supply the image data to both said processing means and said determining means and wherein the processing and the determining are performed in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 37)
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32. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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first determination means for determining whether or not an original represented by input image data is an original having a first specific pattern on the basis of the input image data; second determination means, arranged independently from said first determination means, for determining whether or not an original represented by the input image data is an original having a second specific pattern different from the first specific pattern on the basis of the input image data; and generation means for generating a control signal for controlling an image processing on the basis of the determination results provided by said first and second determination means, wherein said first determination means and said second determination means perform their respective determinations at the same time. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A controlling method for controlling an image processing apparatus which comprises means for supplying image data representing an original and means for processing the image data supplied by the supplying means and outputting a processed image, said method comprising the steps of:
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scanning the original, using a single scanning device, to produce the image data and supplying the image data; determining whether or not the original represented by the image data is an original having a specific pattern, on the basis of the image data produced by the single scanning device and supplied in said scanning step; and controlling the processing means to process the image data produced by the single scanning device and supplied in said scanning step, on the basis of the determination result obtained in said determining step, wherein the determining and the processing by said processing means are performed in parallel.
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