Patent ID: 8498024
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: a print control unit configured to cause a printing apparatus to print a sheet image onto a sheet so that a user can add image information, drawn by the user and to be combined with a secondary image to generate a composite image, and instruction information, designating a process to be executed on a processing area of the images to be composited; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a read image which is obtained by reading, by a reading apparatus, the sheet image printed by the print control unit, wherein the user drawn image information and the instruction information are included in the read image; a determining unit configured to determine whether the image information included in the read image acquired by the acquiring unit designates the processing area, depending on whether the user drawn image information includes a predetermined type of area; a processing unit configured to specify the processing area of the images to be composited, based on the image information included in the read image, and to execute the process on the specified processing area based on the instruction information included in the read image; and a combining unit configured to combine the image information included in the read image and the secondary image to generate the composite image.