IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image processing apparatus and an image processing method capable of readily and quickly creating a thumbnail appropriately indicating the content and the feature of an original image even if the original image includes a complex image section.

SOLUTION: The image processing apparatus is characterized in to include an image inputting unit configured to input image data of an original image, an area specifying unit configured to specify a predetermined area in the input original image, and a partial image creating unit configured to create a partial image by extracting an image section corresponding to the specified area specified by the area specifying unit.

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