Patent ID: 8817334
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A printing apparatus comprising: a detecting unit configured to detect whether there are a two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code and a low visibility barcode (LVBC) in an original image; a first determining unit configured to determine whether the detected low visibility barcode (LVBC) includes information corresponding to a hash value of the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code; a second determining unit configured to determine whether the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code includes a copy permission; and a printing unit configured to print the original image, wherein the original image is not printed in a case where it is determined, by the second determination unit, that the detected low visibility barcode (LVBC) does not include information corresponding to the hash value of the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code and the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code is determined by the first determining unit to include the copy permission, and wherein the original image is printed in a case where it is determined, by the second determination unit, that the detected low visibility barcode (LVBC) includes information corresponding to the hash value of the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code and the detected two-dimensional Quick Response (QR) code is determined by the first determining unit to include the copy permission.