Patent ID: 7340194
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: G03G

Abstract:
1. An image generation managing system comprising: an image forming apparatus provided in a management target area, to form a color image on a recording medium; an image capturing apparatus to capture an image in a vicinity of the image forming apparatus in the management target area; and a job management device connected to the image forming apparatus and the image capturing apparatus over a network to data-communicate therewith, to manage an image generating job by the image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a specific pattern imparting unit to impart a specific pattern specifying an image formed for each image generating job by the image forming apparatus, the job management device includes a database in which specific pattern information imparted to the image by the specific pattern imparting unit and image data captured by the image capturing apparatus are stored in a state in which they can be associated with each other and from which the stored information is freely retrieved, and the image data captured by the image capturing apparatus is obtained by photographing the image forming apparatus and a vicinity thereof.