Patent ID: 7760384
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing method for processing an image that is to be printed by a printing apparatus and is to be specified based on information stated on a mark sheet read by a reading apparatus, the method comprising: analyzing the image to be printed and detecting the number of people in the photographic object in the image; causing a printing apparatus to print a mark sheet comprising a thumbnail image indicating the image and mark areas in which the number of prints can be specified, the mark areas including a default mark area corresponding to a fixed number of prints of the image and a specific mark area for acquiring the number of prints of the image corresponding to the number of people in the photographic object detected from the image; and acquiring the number of prints of the image corresponding to the number of people in the photographic object detected from the image when the specific mark area marked on the mark sheet is read by a reading apparatus, wherein, in a case where the number of people in the photographic object detected from the image is more than a predetermined number, the number of the mark areas provided in correspondence to the thumbnail image is limited to less than the number of prints of the image corresponding to the number of people.