Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium

Details Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium Image processing apparatus and method, and storage medium

2005-12-06

2005-12-06

Coles, Edward (Department: 2622)

Facsimile and static presentation processing

Static presentation processing

Size, resolution, or scale control

C382S299000, C382S300000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06972865

ABSTRACT:
This invention relates to an image processing apparatus and method for controlling output of a specific image, and a storage medium.For example, image data which is open to the public on the Internet may be printed out without permission by an ill-disposed person, even if it has a copyright.In this invention, when information indicating the presence of a copyright is stored in extended property information of image data, which complies with a hierarchical data format that hierarchically stores image data of a plurality of resolution, original image data, i.e., the image data of interest is controlled not to be output at a high resolution, thereby preventing original image data from being printed out without permission of the copyright holder.

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