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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing method of laying out and outputting an image of an original formed from a plurality of pages on one page, the method comprising: inputting image data of the original formed from the plurality of pages; dividing the image data input in the inputting into a plurality of blocks; discarding unnecessary information; appending necessary information to each block obtained by division in the dividing based on the predetermined rule; replacing the respective blocks obtained by division in the dividing with the block from which the unnecessary information is discarded in the discarding, and the block to which the necessary information is appended in the appending; and outputting the respective blocks which have undergone replacement in the replacing by laying out the respective blocks on one page.