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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2004
Hiroaki Momose, Suwa, JP;
Tatsuya Kitazawa, Suwa, JP;
Hidetake Nishizawa, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus has a mode selecting unit for selecting one of plural image selection modes having different objects. There is also an image selecting unit for selecting a set of composite image reproduction data and items of component image data from a group of the sets of the composite image reproduction data formed of items of the component image data or from a group of the items of the component image data. The selection is performed in accordance with the image selection mode selected by the mode selecting unit. The group of the sets of the composite image reproduction data, and the group of the items of the component image data, are objects for selection. A processing unit executes a process for the set of the composite image reproduction data or the item of the component image data selected by the image selecting unit.