IP Library Granted Patent US 8,649,055
Granted Patent B2
US 8,649,055 · App. 13/110,029 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium

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Patent No.
US 8,649,055
App. No.
13/110,029
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an image output apparatus and an image reading apparatus. The image output apparatus includes an entry order acceptance module, an information image generation module, a combining module, an image output module. The image reading apparatus includes a reading module, an extraction module, a determination module, and an alarm module.

Claims (42)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising an image output apparatus and an image reading apparatus,

wherein the image output apparatus includes:

an entry order acceptance module that accepts an entry order in entry fields within a document;

an information image generation module that generates an information image representing given information based on positional information representing a position in the document and the entry order accepted by the entry order acceptance module;

a combining module that combines the information image generated by the information image generation module in the entry field within the document; and

an image output module that outputs the document with the information image combined with the document by the combining module; and

the image reading apparatus includes:

a reading module that reads the information image which is outputted to a medium by the image output device and which is for extracting a position of writing with a writing instrument;

an extraction module that extracts the entry order by analyzing the information image read out by the reading module;

a determination module that makes a comparison between the entry order extracted by the extraction module from the information image read out by the reading module and the entry order extracted by the extraction module from the information image read out last time by the reading module, so as to determine whether or not an entry in an order different from the entry order is made; and

an alarm module that issues an alarm when it is determined, by the determination module, that the entry in the order different from the entry order is made.

2. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an entry order acceptance module that accepts an entry order in entry fields within a document;

an information image generation module that generates an information image representing given information based on positional information representing a position in the document and the entry order accepted by the entry order acceptance module;

a combining module that combines the information image generated by the information image generation module in the entry field within the document; and

an image output module that outputs the document with the information image combined with the document by the combining module.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information image generation module generates the information image based on predetermined information when the entry order is final within the document.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information image generation module further generates information image further based on the number of entry fields in the document.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the entry order accepted by the entry order acceptance module further includes the entry order in medium on which the document is printed.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the information image generation module generates information image further based on document information indicating the document.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:

a reading module that reads an information image for extracting a position of writing with a writing instrument with respect to a document with which is combined the information image representing information generated based on an entry order in entry fields within the document and positional information indicating a position in the document;

an extraction module that extracts the entry order by analyzing the information image read out by the reading module;

a determination module that makes a comparison between the entry order extracted by the extraction module from the information image read out by the reading module and the entry order extracted by the extraction module from the information image read out last time by the reading module, so as to determine whether or not an entry in an order different from the entry order is made; and

an alarm module that issues an alarm when it is determined, by the determination module, that the entry in the order different from the entry order is made.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:

a termination determining module that determines it is an entry into a final entry field within the document when the entry order extracted by the extraction module is predetermined information.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information image read by the reading module further includes the number of entry fields in the document, and

the extraction module further extracts the number of the entry fields in the document,

the image processing apparatus further comprising:

a termination determining module that determines whether or not the entry is an entry into a final entry field within the document, based on the number of entry fields and the entry order extracted by the extraction module.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information image read by the reading module further includes an entry order in medium on which the document is printed,

the extraction module further extracts the entry order in medium, and

the determination module makes a comparison between the entry order in medium and the entry order in medium within the information image read by the reading module so as to determine whether or not an entry in an order different from the entry order is made.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the information image which is read by the reading module further includes document information indicating the document,

the extraction module further extracts the document information, and

the determination module makes a comparison between the entry order or the entry order in media extracted by said extraction module and a previous entry order or entry order in media stored for each item of document information, so as to determine whether or not an entry in an order different from the entry order is made.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image processing, the process comprising:

reading an information image for extracting a position of writing with a writing instrument with respect to a document with which is combined the information image representing information generated based on an entry order in entry fields within the document and positional information indicating a position in the document;

extracting the entry order by analyzing the information image read out by the reading step;

making a comparison between the entry order extracted by the extraction step from the information image read out by the reading step and the entry order extracted by the extraction step from the information image read out last time by the reading step, so as to determine whether or not an entry in an order different from the entry order is made; and

issuing an alarm when it is determined, by the determination step, that the entry in the order different from the entry order is made.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2011
From: SAITO, KAZUO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026297/0438 →