Patent ID: 8630026

Claim:
An image processing method, comprising: acquiring an image read by a reading apparatus, wherein the image is of a predetermined area of a platen that is covered by a platen cover and includes one original or plural originals; extracting, from the acquired image, each object area corresponding to at least one original in the acquired image; obtaining a first feature quantity corresponding to the platen cover; determining, in a case where a plurality of object areas are extracted from the acquired image, a second feature quantity of an image area that is within a first area containing the extracted plurality of object areas and is outside of each of the extracted plurality of object areas; and determining whether the acquired image includes one original or plural originals, wherein, in a case where a difference between the obtained first feature quantity corresponding to the platen cover and the second feature quantity of the image area that is outside of the extracted plurality of object areas is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, determining includes determining that the acquired image includes plural originals and that each extracted object area corresponds to one original from the plural originals.