Patent ID: 7796293
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an area-information receiving unit that receives information of a desired area of a document, the desired area specifying a location on the document selected by an operator; a resolution receiving unit that receives a desired resolution of the desired area of the document; a reduction-ratio receiving unit that receives a desired reduction ratio of resolution of the document; an extracting unit that extracts an image data of the desired area of the document from an image data of the document, wherein the image data of the document is obtained by reading the document with an image reading unit at the desired resolution; a changing unit that changes the image data of the document based on the desired reduction ratio of resolution of the document to thereby obtain a changed image data; and a multi-paging unit that performs a multi-page filing on the image data of the desired area of the document, which is selected by the operator and which is at the desired resolution, and the changed image data, which is the document, including the desired area of the document, at the reduction ratio of resolution, to save as one file.