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Details

Inventors: Funada, Masahiro; Kitamura, Toshiyuki; Yamamoto, Mitsuhiro; Ohta, Eiji;
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP)
Primary Examiner: Rogers; Scott A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

An image processing apparatus previously stores information on particular kinds of image, determines the degree of similarity between an input full-color image signal and the information on particular kinds of image, controls conditions for addition of a particular pattern previously stored according to a result of the determination, and outputs an image by adding or not adding the particular pattern to the full-color image signal according to the addition conditions.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION An object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus free from the above-described problems.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus capable of identifying, from a reproduced image, an image processing apparatus which has been used to reproduce the image or a person who has operated the processor.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus which has a function of adding a particular pattern to a reproduced image and which is capable of suitably maintaining the quality of the reproduced image.
To achieve these objects, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for processing an image comprising determination means for determining the degree of similarity between an input image and a predetermined image, and processing means for processing the input original image data according to a result of determination made by the determination means.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for processing an image comprising generation means for generating pattern data, confirmation means for confirming the state of the generation means, and determination means for determining execution/non-execution of the image processing based on a confirmation result obtained by the confirmation means.
According to still another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for processing an image comprising input means for inputting image data, composition means for combining a predetermined pattern with the image data input by the input means, output means for outputting the image data obtained by the composition means, and control means for selecting execution/non-execution of the operation of the composition means according the input image data and/or an output mode of the output means.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the figures thereof

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