Image reading method, image reading system, and image reading apparatus

摘要

The purpose of this invention is to facilitate visually grasping the progress of reading during reading of a plurality of images. To accomplish this, when placing a plurality of images on an original table and scanning and reading them, display is made to allow a user to grasp which image on a preview screen corresponds to the image under scan. In addition, after the start of main scan, the user can designate an image on the preview screen and cancel scan of the image and change the scan sequence.

主权项

1. A scanning method comprising:
performing first scanning of at least one original by a scanning apparatus; displaying a plurality of crop areas on a screen by specifying, from an image obtained from the first scanning of the at least one original, the plurality of crop areas corresponding to a scanning target area for a second scan; performing second scanning of the plurality of crop areas sequentially by the scanning apparatus; and controlling to change a state of display of a crop area on the screen under scan by the second scanning, for visual distinctness from a crop area, which has been scanned by the second scanning or to be scanned by the second scanning, among the plurality of crop areas,in accordance with progress of sequential scanning of the plurality of crop areas by the second scanning.