Patent ID: 8284432

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for combining a plurality of images, the image processing apparatus comprising: a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a read image obtained by reading an original by a reading apparatus as an image to be combined, so that the read image has a first resolution; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a combining image obtained by reading a combining portion of the original by the reading apparatus separately from the combining image included in the image to be combined acquired by the first acquisition unit, so that the combining image has a second resolution, which is higher than the first resolution; a determination unit configured to determine, in response to a plurality of images to be combined being acquired by the first acquisition unit and the combining images in the respective plurality of images being acquired by the second acquisition unit, a layout in a combining of the plurality of images based on the combining images; and an outputting unit configured to output the plurality of images having the first resolution so that the plurality of images are combined according to the layout determined by the determining unit.