Patent ID: 8482784

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for processing an image data file including a plurality of image data, comprising: a data processing unit configured to process the image data; an extracting unit configured to be operable when the image data file includes image data that cannot be processed, to extract other image data having attribute information associated with the image data that cannot be processed, from the image data file; and a control unit configured to cause said data processing unit to process the other image data extracted by said extracting unit, as substitute image data for the image data portion that cannot be processed, wherein the attribute information comprises at least one of information indicating that the image data is a parent image or a child image, parent image information indicative of an associated parent image, child image information indicative of an associated child image, relation type information indicative of a type of relation between the parent image and the child image, and relation type subdata information indicative of a type of relation between the parent image and the child image.