Patent ID: 8125683
Filing Date: 2012-02-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising: an attribute extracting unit configured to extract an image characteristic amount for each of a plurality of small areas formed by dividing image data of a document; a preview generating unit configured to generate, based on the image data, a preview image that shows how the document will look on an output page; a display unit configured to display the preview image and to allow an operator to specify a position of the preview image displayed thereon; a position-information obtaining unit configured to obtain position information indicative of the specified position in the preview image; and a processing unit configured to select, according to how many times the position is specified in a successive manner, a small area having an equal image characteristic amount with the small area corresponding to the specified position whose position information is obtained by the position-information obtaining unit, and to perform, on the selected small area, a process according to the image characteristic amount of the selected small area, wherein