Image processing apparatus and method using image information and additional information or an additional pattern added thereto or superposed thereon
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1. An image processing apparatus having image forming means for forming an image on a medium, comprising:
- processing means for performing a predetermined process on input image information; and
means for superposing predetermined additional information on the image information processing by said processing means,wherein when the image forming means forms an image in accordance with the image information on which the additional information is superposed by said superposing means, said superposing means superposes the additional information so as to make it difficult for the human eye to identify the additional information, andwherein the additional information is represented by a relative positional relationship between a dot position of a line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a first direction and a dot position of an adjacent line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
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Abstract
Predetermined additional information is superposed as a dot pattern on image information read by an image scanner, and the image information superposed with the additional information is modulated. The modulated information is demodulated and recorded on a recording medium to perform a series of operations, i.e., to simultaneously satisfy both pattern addition and modulation/demodulation.
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1. An image processing apparatus having image forming means for forming an image on a medium, comprising:
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processing means for performing a predetermined process on input image information; and means for superposing predetermined additional information on the image information processing by said processing means, wherein when the image forming means forms an image in accordance with the image information on which the additional information is superposed by said superposing means, said superposing means superposes the additional information so as to make it difficult for the human eye to identify the additional information, and wherein the additional information is represented by a relative positional relationship between a dot position of a line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a first direction and a dot position of an adjacent line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An image processing method applied to an image processing apparatus having image forming means for forming an image on a medium, comprising:
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a processing step of performing a predetermined process on input image information; and a superposing step of superposing predetermined additional information on the image information processing at said processing step, wherein when said the image forming means forms an image in accordance with the image information on which the additional information is superposed at said superposing step, said superposing step superposes the additional information so as to make it difficult for the human eye to identify the additional information, and the additional information is represented by a relative positional relationship between a dot position of a line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a first direction and a dot position of an adjacent line formed by equidistantly arranging dots in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
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