公开(公告)号：US06382852B1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-07

申请号：US09139435

申请日：1998-08-25

申请人： Noboru Koyama

发明人： Noboru Koyama

IPC分类号： B41J506

CPC分类号： B41J3/407 ,  B41J2/355 ,  B41M5/26 ,  B41M5/34

摘要： An information recording apparatus and an information recording method are provided for recording additional information on a heat-sensitive recording medium with a simple configuration without seriously affecting a main recorded image. A CPU includes a memory for storing the additional information. The CPU further includes a memory for storing information about thermal energy and glossiness of the heat-sensitive medium. Based on the information about gloss characteristics, the CPU controls a thermal head through a head controller so that a specific amount of thermal energy is applied to an image recording surface of the medium after image recording. The thermal energy applied effects variations of glossiness corresponding to the additional information to record. Through the application of the thermal energy, glossiness of the medium varies and the additional information is thereby recorded on the medium.

摘要翻译： 提供信息记录装置和信息记录方法，用于以简单的配置在热敏记录介质上记录附加信息，而不会严重影响主记录图像。 CPU包括用于存储附加信息的存储器。 CPU还包括用于存储热敏介质的热能和光泽度的信息的存储器。 基于关于光泽特性的信息，CPU通过头控制器控制热头，使得在图像记录之后，将特定量的热能施加到介质的图像记录表面。 施加的热能影响与要记录的附加信息相对应的光泽度变化。 通过施加热能，介质的光泽度变化，并且由此将附加信息记录在介质上。