Patent ID: 8605328

Claim:
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: an input unit that receives inputs designating scan setting and a layout method; a setting information transmitting unit that transmits the scan setting and the layout method that are designated through the input unit to the image forming apparatus; a layout determining unit; and a drawing data generating unit, the image forming apparatus includes: a scan unit that reads an original document according to the scan setting transmitted from the setting information transmitting unit and outputs image data; a content extracting unit that extracts contents from the image data according to the layout method transmitted from the setting information transmitting unit; a content transmitting unit that transmits the contents extracted from the image data to the information processing apparatus; and an image forming unit, 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.