Patent ID: 8605328
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing system comprising an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus that are connected via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus includes: the image forming apparatus includes: the layout method is to determine an arrangement of the contents extracted from the image data on a page, the layout determining unit determines, according to the layout method, a layout of the contents transmitted from the content transmitting unit on the page, the layout defines an arrangement of the contents on the page, the drawing data generating unit arranges the contents on the page according to the layout and generates the drawing data, the image forming unit forms an image on a sheet of paper corresponding to the page according to drawing data, the contents are of various sizes and the arrangement of the contents on the page defines how the contents of various sizes are arranged in an arrangement area of the page, and the layout determining unit arranges the contents on the page to satisfy the following conditions by executing a fitting algorithm: the contents have a rectangular shape; rotation of the contents is not allowed; and superimposition of the contents is not allowed.