Patent ID: 8339638

Claim:
An image processing system, comprising: an image reading apparatus that reads an original and outputs image data of the original; and an image processing apparatus that is connected to the image reading apparatus, and processes image data input from the image reading apparatus, wherein the image reading apparatus includes: a scanner unit that scans the original and generates the image data, a first transmitting unit that sequentially transmits the image data generated by the scanner unit while the scanner unit scans the original, a detecting unit that detects a predetermined particular image from the image data, and a second transmitting unit that transmits a detection result of detecting the particular image, and the image processing apparatus includes: a receiving unit that receives the image data and the detection result from the image reading apparatus, a storing unit that stores the image data received by the receiving unit in a first storage unit, a determining unit that determines whether the detection result is received, a restricting unit that restricts, when the determining unit determines that the detection result is received, usage of the image data stored in the first storage unit, and a third transmitting unit that receives a read command for reading the original from an application that is used for processing the image data, and transmits the read command to the image reading apparatus, wherein the scanner unit scans the original in response to the read command, and when the determining unit determines that the detection result is received, the restricting unit stops sending the image data from the first storage unit to the application.