Patent ID: 7986832
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a print control unit configured to cause a printing apparatus to print, on a sheet, an image stored in a memory; an acquiring unit configured to acquire a read image obtained by reading, by a reading apparatus, a part of the sheet corresponding to the image printed by the print control unit on the sheet; an extracting unit configured to extract information that is added by a user on the image printed by the print control unit on the sheet, from the read image acquired by the acquiring unit, based on the read image; and a combining unit configured to combine the image stored in the memory and the information extracted by the extracting unit, wherein the extracting unit extracts the information from the read image by comparing a level of each of a plurality of color components included in the read image acquired by the acquiring unit with a predetermined threshold value corresponding to each of the plurality of color components, and by specifying an area having a density higher than a predetermined density value in the part of the sheet corresponding to the image printed by the print control unit on the sheet as the information which is added by a user.