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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
May. 19, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which efficiently converts an image file. The image processing apparatus, based on an instruction, converts a first-format image file including image data and annotation information into a second-format image file having memory capacity of a predetermined area smaller than that of the first-format image file. The image processing apparatus records annotation information into the first-format image file, and generates, based on said annotation information, annotation information for the second-format image file having a size suit for the predetermined area, and before receiving the instruction being received, records the annotation information for the second-format image file into the first-format image file, and records the annotation information for the second-format image file recorded in the first-format image file, into the predetermined area in the second-format image file.