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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2008
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Murayama, Yokohama, JP;
Kunio Yoshihara, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Fukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuo Shinagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoichi Takaragi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Murayama, Yokohama, JP;
Kunio Yoshihara, Hachioji, JP;
Shinichi Fukada, Kawasaki, JP;
Tatsuo Shinagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which is capable of managing security information on electronic documents before and after merging at a low cost. A CPU circuit causes input electronic documents with attribute information added thereto to be stored in a HDD. The CPU circuit causes selected ones of the electronic documents to be merged while updating attribute information on the merged electronic document.