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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kenta Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image processing apparatus obtains scanned images of each page obtained by scanning business forms including a plurality of pages or business forms of different types collectively, manages a division method associated with feature information on each of previous scanned images and the previous scanned images, analyzes, based on the feature information, whether any of the previous scanned images similar to a scanned image of the first page of the obtained scanned images exists, and divides, in a case where any of the previous scanned images similar to the scanned image of the first page exists, the obtained scanned images by a division method associated with the previous scanned image similar to the scanned image of the first page.