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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuki Ishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Wei Song, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobutaka Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus obtains information of a digital watermark based on an image obtained by causing an image capturing device to capture a print product in which the digital watermark is embedded. An image capturing unit is configured to cause the image capturing device to capture a plurality of areas on the print product by repeating continuous shooting a plurality of times under a plurality of image capturing conditions. A selection unit is configured to select, from a plurality of images obtained by the plurality of times of the continuous shooting by the image capturing unit, an image from which the information of the digital watermark is to be obtained. An obtaining unit is configured to obtain the information of the digital watermark based on the image selected by the selection unit from the plurality of images obtained by the respective times of the continuous shooting by the image capturing unit.