Patent ID: 7733348

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: storage means having a first management record memory area which is capable of storing a plurality of first management records, each having a given size used for management of image data, and a second management record memory area which is capable of storing a plurality of second management records, each having a size that is different from the size of the first management record; acquisition means for acquiring a storing area for storing a first management record in the first management record memory area and acquiring a storing area for storing a second management record in the second management record memory area; and management means for managing the image data using the first management record and the second management record; wherein when the storing area for storing the first management record cannot be acquired in the first management record memory area, the acquisition means acquires a storing area in the second management record memory area for storing the first management record as a size which is an integral multiple of the size of the second management record, even if a storage size is bigger than a storage size necessary for storing the first management record, and wherein the management means stores the first management record having the given size in the storing area acquired as the size of the integral multiple of the second management record.