IP Library Granted Patent US 8,149,193
Granted Patent B2
US 8,149,193 · App. 12/388,539 · Granted Apr 3, 2012

Image input detection apparatus and storing medium

Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,149,193
App. No.
12/388,539
Granted
Apr 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image input detection apparatus comprises: a voltage applier that applies a voltage of a predetermined waveform to a display medium; a first acquisition unit that acquires a vibration waveform generated in the display medium; a first memory that stores a vibration waveform determined based on the waveform of the voltage applied by the voltage applier; and a second memory that stores information representing that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between the waveform acquired by the first acquisition unit and the waveform stored in the first memory lies within a threshold value.

Claims (17)

1. An image input detection apparatus comprising:

a voltage applier that applies a voltage of a predetermined waveform to a display medium;

a first acquisition unit that acquires a vibration waveform generated in the display medium;

a first memory that stores a vibration waveform determined based on the waveform of the voltage applied by the voltage applier; and

a second memory that stores information representing that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between the waveform acquired by the first acquisition unit and the waveform stored in the first memory lies within a threshold value.

2. The image input detection apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a second acquisition unit that acquires a vibration waveform generated in a writing device which writes an image on the display medium, wherein

the second memory further stores information representing that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between a waveform obtained by subtracting the waveform acquired by the second acquisition unit from the waveform acquired by the first acquisition unit and the waveform stored in the first memory lies within a threshold value.

3. The image input detection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein:

the second memory further stores an identifier that identifies the image and an indicator indicating whether the image identified by the identifier has been overwritten on the display medium, and

the second memory further stores information that an image written in the display medium has been overwritten, when the image is overwritten in a case where the indicator for the image indicates that the image has been overwritten.

4. The image input detection apparatus according to claim 1 or 2 , further comprising an output unit that outputs the information that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the image is overwritten.

5. The image input detection apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising an output unit that outputs the information that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the image is overwritten.

6. A non-transitory storing medium that stores a computer program to cause a computer to execute:

applying a voltage of a predetermined waveform to a display medium and

acquiring a vibration waveform generated in the display medium;

storing a waveform determined based on the waveform of an applied voltage in a memory; and

storing information that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between the acquired waveform and the waveform stored in the memory lies within a threshold value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2009
From: TOMODA, KYOTARO; ISHII, TSUTOMU; SAITO, YASUNORI; SASAKI, SHIGEHIKO; ICHIBOSHI, AKIRA; SATO, MASAHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022283/0821 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-247198 · Sep 26, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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