Image processing apparatus and method using image information and additional ...

(19) United States

(12) Patent Application Publication (io) Pub. No.: US 2002/0054356 Al

Kurita et al. (43) Pub. Date: May 9,2002

(54) IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND
METHOD USING IMAGE INFORMATION
AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR AN
ADDITIONAL PATTERN ADDED THERETO
OR SUPERPOSED THEREON

(76) Inventors: Mitsuru Kurita, Tokyo (JP);

Katsuyoshi Maeshima, Kanagawa-ken
(JP); Masahiro Funada, Kanagawa-ken
(JP); Yasumichi Suzuki, Kanagawa-ken
(JP); Yoichi Takaragi, Kanagawa-ken
(JP); Akiko Kanno, Kanagawa-ken
(JP); Koichi Ishimoto, Kanagawa-ken
(JP)

Correspondence Address:

FITZPATRICK CELLA HARPER & SCINTO
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
NEW YORK, NY 10112 (US)

(21) Appl. No.: 09/993,725

(22) Filed: Nov. 27, 2001

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