Copying apparatus having determination unit for special original and for controlling copying and marking based on determination

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5604596
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08244377

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A copying apparatus includes an image reading unit for optically reading an original and for outputting image signals, an image processing unit for processing the image signals from the image reading unit in accordance with a predetermined method and for outputting image data, a printer unit for forming an image corresponding to the image data from the image processing unit on a recording sheet, a determination unit for determining whether the rank of certainty that the original is the same as the special original such as paper money is a first rank or a second rank, a control unit for prohibiting the image corresponding to the image data from being formed on the recording sheet when the determination result obtained by the determination unit is the first rank, and a marking unit for adding a predetermined mark on the recording sheet when the determination result obtained by the determination unit is the second rank.

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  • RICOH COMPANY, LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Tabata, Yasuhiro Kawasaki, JP 34 1164
Ukai, Takeshi Yokohama, JP 14 416

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