Patent Document ID: 8373906
Application ID: 12429992
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus for processing a plurality of image data acquired by reading a document at a plurality of reading positions displaced from each other in a main scanning direction and a sub scanning direction, wherein the number of image data acquired for the respective positions of the document in the sub scanning direction is different, comprising: an inputting unit configured to input a target resolution; a super-resolution processing unit configured to execute super-resolution processing using a first number of image data acquired with the document in a first position in the sub scanning direction, wherein the first number of image data acquired for the first position is sufficient to achieve the input target resolution; and a variable-magnification processing unit configured to execute variable-magnification processing using a second number of image data acquired with the document in a second position in the sub scanning direction, wherein the second number of image data is smaller than the first number of image data; and a generation unit configured to composite image data of the first position to which the super-resolution processing is executed and image data of the second position to which the variable-magnification processing is executed and generate image data of the target resolution input by the input unit from the read document.