Patent ID: 9571676
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a scanning unit configured to scan a document including a plurality of pages; a holding unit configured to hold image data of the document of the plurality of pages scanned by the scanning unit; a connection unit configured to connect a removably connectable storage device; a storage control unit configured to store, in the removably connectable storage device connected by the connecting unit, the image data of the document of the plurality of pages held in the holding unit; a searching unit configured to search, from image data which has been stored in the removably connectable storage device, for image data which corresponds to a part of the document of the plurality of pages a determining unit configured to determine, after storage of the image data of the document of the plurality of pages is started by the storage control unit, whether or not the storage of the image data of the document of the plurality of pages is completed; and a deleting unit configured to delete, in a case where it is determined by the determining unit that the storage of the image data of the document of the plurality of pages is not completed, the image data found in the search by the searching unit, wherein the deleting unit does not perform deletion of the image data which has been stored in the removably connectable storage device in a case where it is determined by the determining unit that the storage of the image data of the document of the plurality of pages is completed.