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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2007
Taku Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Taku Saito, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including a reading section to read a document and to obtain image data, the document including a plurality of sheets and having a binding portion; a storage section to store the image data; an operating section to accept an operating instruction to designate a position of the binding portion of the document, to designate a page order on one side of the binding portion of the document, and to designate one face out of faces of the sheets, from which a reading operation is started; and a controller, in accordance with the designation, to determine an image area corresponding to one page of the document, to divide the image data into pieces of page image data based on the image area, and to respectively give identifiers to the pieces of the divided page image data following a page order of the document.