Patent ID: 6751320
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T,G07D,G07F,G10L,G11B,H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W,Y10T

Abstract:
In a reproduction apparatus including a lens for imaging a customer-provided input medium onto an opto-electronic detector for producing image data, and a reproduction system for producing an output medium having an image formed thereon in accordance with said image data, an improvement comprising:an input photographic emulsion medium having thereon a marking, said marking being discernable from image data produced by the opto-electronic detector when the input medium is scanned with visible light illumination, yet said marking is inconspicuous upon human inspection of said medium; a memory for receiving said data from the opto-electronic detector and providing same to a processor; and a control circuit responsive to a signal output from said processor, the control circuit interrupting a usual reproduction-making process of said reproduction system.