Patent ID: 9602691
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input unit configured to input an image obtained by capturing, by an image capturing device, a print product in which a digital watermark is embedded; an obtaining unit configured to obtain information about a moving direction of the image capturing device with respect to the print product in the image capturing of the print product; and a determination unit configured to, based on the information obtained by said obtaining unit or frequency characteristics in a partial area of the image input by said input unit, determine a code corresponding to the digital watermark embedded in the partial area, wherein, in a case where the partial area contains a frequency component higher than a predetermined frequency, said determination unit determines a code based on the frequency component, and in a case where the partial area does not contain a frequency component higher than the predetermined frequency, said determination unit determines a code based on the information obtained by said obtaining unit.