Patent Document ID: 8797619
Application ID: 12536953
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor to function as: an inputting unit configured to input a read image obtained by reading, by a reading apparatus, a sheet on which an object is printed by a printing apparatus and information is added by a user; an extraction unit configured to extract the information and the object which are to be combined with an original image, from the read image, by specifying the object to be combined from the read image based on comparison between the read image and the object stored in a memory; a specifying unit configure to specify a part, to be edited, of the object extracted by the extraction unit, by comparing the read image and the object stored in the memory; an editing unit configured to edit the part of the object specified by the specifying unit; and a combining unit configured to combine the information and the object on the original image, the information and object being extracted from the read image by the extraction unit and the part of the object being edited by the editing unit.