Patent Document ID: 7715056
Application ID: 11223017
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image control system, comprising: an image control apparatus; and an image forming apparatus, wherein the image control apparatus includes a process setting unit configured to set information on a process used for preventing a fraudulent use of the image, to determine what kind of uses are a fraudulent use, and to receive information from a user specifying a particular action to be performed when a fraudulent use occurs, a pattern generating unit configured to generate a pattern for preventing the fraudulent use of the image based on the information, an image combining unit configured to combine the image with the pattern to generate a combined image, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the combined image to the image forming apparatus; and the image forming apparatus includes a receiving unit configured to receive the combined image from the image control apparatus, and a printing unit configured to print out the combined image.