Patent ID: 7017184

Claim:
An image recording apparatus for recording an image signal of an arbitrary image comprising: image generating means for generating an image signal of the arbitrary image; registration image data input means for inputting a registration image associated with input legitimacy-check information of the registration image; related information storing means for storing information relating to the registration image, wherein the stored information includes stored legitimacy-check information; registration image data storing means for storing image data of the registration image; image combining control means for reading out the registration image data, generating a registration image signal based on the registration image data, and generating a combined image signal by combining the registration image signal with the image signal of the arbitrary image; and combined image output means for outputting the combined image signal to an arbitrary device including the prescribed recording medium, wherein the combined image output means does not output the combined image signal if the input legitimacy-check information does not coincide with the stored legitimacy-check information.