Patent ID: 8687919

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: an image output apparatus; and an image reading apparatus, the image output apparatus including an input object information receiving unit that receives first input object information, which is information about an input object in a document, a first information image generating unit that generates a first information image, which is an image representing information, on the basis of the first input object information received by the input object information receiving unit, a second information image generating unit that generates a second information image, which is an image representing information, on the basis of position information representing a position in the document and second input object information corresponding to the first input object information received by the input object information receiving unit, a first combining unit that combines the first information image generated by the first information image generating unit with the document, a second combining unit that combines the second information image generated by the second information image generating unit with a document, and a first output unit that outputs the document combined with the first information image by the first combining unit and the document combined with the second information image by the second combining unit onto respective media, or that outputs a document combined with the first information image and the second information image onto a medium, the image reading apparatus including a first reading unit that reads an information image that has been output onto a medium by the image output apparatus and that includes first input object information, a second reading unit that reads an information image that has been output onto a medium by the image output apparatus and that includes position information and second input object information, an extracting unit that analyzes the information image read by the first reading unit and the information image read by the second reading unit, thereby extracting the first input object information and the second input object information, and a determining unit that compares the first input object information and the second input object information extracted by the extracting unit, thereby determining whether or not the second input object information corresponds to the first input object information.