Patent
Image forming apparatus and image forming program
| العنوان: | Image forming apparatus and image forming program |
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| Patent Number: | 8,659,796 |
| تاريخ النشر: | February 25, 2014 |
| Appl. No: | 12/785872 |
| Application Filed: | May 24, 2010 |
| مستخلص: | An image forming apparatus includes: a ground image producing unit which produces a ground image that determines a print position of an information image; a ground image printing unit which prints the ground image produced by the ground image producing unit, with a printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of a reading apparatus that reads the information image; and an information image printing unit which prints the information image at a print position that is determined by the ground image printed by the ground image printing unit. |
| Inventors: | Okada, Keiichi (Saitama, JP); Iioka, Mitsuru (Saitama, JP); Sato, Noribumi (Saitama, JP); Koyatsu, Jun (Saitama, JP); Yamauchi, Kaoru (Saitama, JP) |
| Assignees: | Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a ground image producing unit which produces a ground image that determines a print position of an information image; a ground image printing unit which prints the ground image produced by the ground image producing unit, with a printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of a reading apparatus that reads the information image; and an information image printing unit which prints the information image at a print position that is determined by the ground image printed by the ground image printing unit, wherein the ground image comprises a first set of dots, the information image comprises a second set of dots, the second set of dots are guided by the first set of dots so that the width of each dot of second set of dots is not larger than a determined dot width, and each dot of the second set of dots is in contact with a plurality of dots of the first set of dots. |
| Claim: | 2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a condition storing unit which stores ground process conditions that are set from at least a color material amount of each of at least one printing color material that is used in the information image, and a color material number of the at least one printing color material, and the ground image producing unit produces the ground image on the basis of the ground process conditions which are stored in the condition storing unit. |
| Claim: | 3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the condition storing unit stores the ground process conditions for each kind of the information image. |
| Claim: | 4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the ground process conditions are determined by the color material amount and the color material number, and which are set from an exposure amount, charging potential and developing bias value in printing performed by the ground image printing unit and the information image printing unit. |
| Claim: | 5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the ground process conditions are determined by the color material amount and the color material number, and which are set from an exposure amount, charging potential and developing bias value in printing performed by the ground image printing unit and the information image printing unit. |
| Claim: | 6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the ground image printing unit prints the ground image with an invisible printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of the reading apparatus. |
| Claim: | 7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the ground image printing unit prints the ground image with an invisible printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of the reading apparatus. |
| Claim: | 8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the ground image printing unit prints the ground image with an invisible printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of the reading apparatus. |
| Claim: | 9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the ground image printing unit prints the ground image with an invisible printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of the reading apparatus. |
| Claim: | 10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the ground image printing unit prints the ground image with an invisible printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of the reading apparatus. |
| Claim: | 11. An image forming method comprising: producing a ground image that determines a print position of an information image; printing the ground image with a printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of a reading apparatus that reads the information image; and printing the information image at the print position that is determined by the printed ground image, wherein the ground image comprises a first set of dots, the information image comprises a second set of dots, the second set of dots are guided by the first set of dots so that the width of each dot of second set of dots is not larger than a determined dot width, and each dot of the second set of dots is in contact with a plurality of dots of the first set of dots. |
| Claim: | 12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for forming an image, the process comprising: producing a ground image that determines a print position of an information image; printing the ground image with a printing color material which does not have a sensitivity in a reading wavelength of a reading apparatus that reads the information image; and printing the information image at the print position that is determined by the printed ground image, wherein the ground image comprises a first set of dots, the information image comprises a second set of dots, the second set of dots are guided by the first set of dots so that the width of each dot of second set of dots is not larger than a determined dot width, and each dot of the second set of dots is in contact with a plurality of dots of the first set of dots. |
| Claim: | 13. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a width of dots of the information image is determined based upon factors including an amount of the printing color material used by the ground image printing unit for printing the ground image, a position where the ground image is to be printed, a number of printing color materials to be used by the ground image printing unit for printing the ground image, and an order of superimposition of printing color material to be used by the ground image printing unit for printing the ground image. |
| Claim: | 14. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the width of each dot of second set of dots is smaller than a determined dot width. |
| Claim: | 15. The image forming method according to claim 11 , wherein the width of each dot of second set of dots is smaller than a determined dot width. |
| Claim: | 16. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 12 , wherein the width of each dot of second set of dots is smaller than a determined dot width. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 358/324 |
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| Other References: | Office Action dated Jul. 12, 2013 issued in Japanese Patent Application No. 2009-252290 (with translation). cited by applicant |
| Assistant Examiner: | Menberu, Beniyam |
| Primary Examiner: | Poon, King |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Oliff PLC |
| رقم الانضمام: | edspgr.08659796 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| الوصف غير متاح. |