Patent ID: 8737744

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor which executes a program stored in a memory, wherein the at least one processor functions as: an input unit configured to input image data by reading a processing instruction sheet in which processing instruction information is written for instructing to perform processing on a document to be processed; a recognition unit configured to analyze a region designated by a handwritten portion and a color used for encircling the region by the handwritten portion and recognize a content of processing to be performed inside the analyzed region encircled with the analyzed color according to a pre-registered combination of a color and a content of processing to be processed inside an encircled region; a display control unit configured to display the analyzed region to be processed in the image data and the recognized content of the processing to be performed inside a region of the document corresponding to the displayed region; and a print control unit configured not to print an instruction sheet for instructing to perform the recognized processing on the analyzed region in the document to be processed which is input in the image processing apparatus, in a case where it is determined by a user that a recognition result of the analyzed region displayed by the display control unit is a same as the region designated by the handwritten portion and the recognized processing displayed by the display control unit is a same as processing corresponding to a color used for encircling the region, and to print the instruction sheet, in a case where it is determined by a user that a recognition result of the analyzed region displayed by the display control unit is different from the region designated by the handwritten portion and/or the recognized processing displayed by the display control unit is different from processing corresponding to a color used for encircling the region.