Patent ID: 8320608

Claim:
An electronic seal apparatus comprising: a controlling section for (i) controlling an image displaying/reading apparatus having a function of displaying an image on a display panel by using display elements arrayed in a plane direction and a function of reading, by using reading elements arrayed in a plane direction, a subject image of a subject being placed in contact with the display panel, and (ii) sealing a seal image onto an electronic document displayed on the display panel; and a storage section for storing (i) first identification information to be used for identifying a first digit of a user of the image displaying/reading apparatus and (ii) a first seal image of the user in association with the first identification information, the controlling section including: a digit identifying section for determining based on the first identification information whether or not a digit indicated on the subject image that is read while the electronic document is displayed is the first digit; and a sealing section for sealing, in a case where the digit identifying section determines that the digit indicated on the subject image is the first digit, the first seal image onto the electronic document displayed on the display panel, the first seal image being associated with the first identification information.