Patent ID: 8693049

Claim:
An image processing apparatus which can be connected to an input device, wherein the input device has a first feature area detection unit for detecting a first feature area in image data, and wherein the image processing apparatus has a second feature area detection unit for detecting a second feature area in image data, the image processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit for acquiring the image data, to which the first feature area detection result detected by the first feature area detection unit of the input device has been added; a setting unit for setting a print setting for printing the image data; a selection unit for selecting the first feature area in the image data acquired by the acquisition unit or the second feature area in the image data detected by the second feature area detection unit of the image processing apparatus in accordance with the print setting set by the setting unit; and a correction unit for performing correction processing with respect to the image data by using the first feature area or the second feature area in the image data selected by the selection unit.