Information processing system, image forming apparatus, and computer program product configured to combine personal information with document image

US9628637B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9628637-B2
Application numberUS-201514827541-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateAug 17, 2015
Priority dateAug 18, 2014
Publication dateApr 18, 2017
Grant dateApr 18, 2017

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The system includes a terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus that comprises: a communication unit that performs near field wireless communication; a communication controller that controls the communication unit so as to receive document identification information for identifying a document and personal information to be input to the document transmitted from the terminal apparatus through near field wireless communication; a storage unit that stores document identification information for identifying a document, document image information, and entry position information of entries in association with each other for each document; and an information combining unit that searches the storage unit for the document image information and the entry position information stored in association with the same document identification information as the received document identification information and generates a combined image in which the received personal information is combined at a position on a document image indicated by the entry position information.

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What is claimed is: 1. An information processing system comprising a first apparatus and a second apparatus, the first apparatus comprising: a first communication unit that performs near field wireless communication; a document identification information acquisition unit that acquires, via the first communication unit, document identification information for identifying a document, from a storage device of an integrated circuit (IC) tag that is attached to the document and that…

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What does patent US9628637B2 cover?
The system includes a terminal apparatus and an image forming apparatus that comprises: a communication unit that performs near field wireless communication; a communication controller that controls the communication unit so as to receive document identification information for identifying a document and personal information to be input to the document transmitted from the terminal apparatus th…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Ohshita Takaaki, Nakamura Yutaka, Ricoh Co Ltd
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N1/00108. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Apr 18 2017 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 2 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).