Patent ID: 7548635

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a copy protection control apparatus including, a radio frequency tag data communicating mechanism configured to receive predetermined radio frequency tag data transmitted from a radio frequency tag attached to an object material, said predetermined radio frequency tag data including a serial number, a storage unit configured to store a copy permission determining flag, and a copy authorization determining mechanism configured to determine whether reproduction of the object material is authorized, based on the radio frequency tag data received by the radio frequency tag data communicating mechanism and the copy permission determining flag; an image data reading mechanism configured to read the object material and to obtain image data of the object material; an image data outputting mechanism configured to output the image data in a predetermined output mode; and an image data reading controlling mechanism configured to control the image data reading mechanism and the image data outputting mechanism to perform one of a copy output process and a copy prevention process according to a result of determination performed by the copy authorization determining mechanism.