Patent ID: 8004712
Filing Date: 2011-08-23
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input section, constructed to read an original document to be copied to input a plurality of original images; a segmentation section, constructed to perform block selection on each of the plurality of original images so that each of the plurality of original images is segmented into objects; a display section, constructed to display the segmented objects on a monitor; a designator, constructed to input an instruction of a user who designates an object as a first key object and an object as a second key object from the displayed objects, wherein the first key object is used to determine an original image of the plurality of original images and the second key object is used to determine a character so as to print the original image and the character on a tabbed sheet of paper; a determiner, constructed to determine, with respect to each of the plurality of original images, whether the objects segmented from the original image include an object corresponding to the first key object; an extractor, constructed to extract one character associated with or following the second key object included in the original image for which it is determined that the object corresponding to the first key object is included; and a print section, constructed to print the plurality of original images to copy the original document, wherein the print section prints the original image for which it is determined that the object corresponding to the first key object is included on the tabbed sheet of paper, and the one character associated with or following the second key object included in the original image on a tab of the tabbed sheet of paper.