Patent Document ID: 9648206
Application ID: 14043594
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a separation unit configured to separate a plurality of source documents and to convey each separated source document in a conveyance direction one by one; an image read unit configured to read an image of a source document conveyed by the separation unit; and one or more processors configured to cause execution of processes which include: direction detection to detect whether a direction of the image is a visually upper direction or lower direction; image region detection to detect a specific region of the image after the direction of the image is detected based on a detection result of the direction detection; effective image region designation to designate an effective image region for the image at a size set by a user; effective image region output to output the effective image region designated by the effective image region designation as an output image with reference to a header of the specific region detected by said image region detection; and length comparison to compare a length in the conveyance direction of the specific region of the image with a length in the conveyance direction of the effective image region for the image at the size set by the user, wherein responsive to a comparing result where the length of the specific region of the image is longer than the length of the effective image region for the image at the size set by the user, the image is rotated by 180° such that the direction of the image becomes the upper direction, and the effective image region is output as the output image with reference to the header of the specific region detected by the image region detection from the 180° rotated image, the effective image region being outputted as the output image by automatically clipping at the size of the effective image region; and wherein responsive to a comparing result where the length of the specific region of the image is not longer than the length of the effective image region for the image at the size set by the user, the effective image region is output automatically added with a margin as the output image at the size of the effective image region with reference to the header of the specific region detected by said image region detection from the 180° rotated image.