| 摘要 |
This invention has as its object to reliably and efficiently add additional information to an input image even when a system for performing image processing of the input image may include a plurality of equipments having a function of adding additional information. In order to achieve this object, according to this invention, an image processing apparatus has generation means for generating image data, discrimination means for discriminating whether or not an externally connected equipment related to the image data generated by the generation means adds predetermined additional information to be hardly discernible by the human eye, adding means for adding the predetermined additional information to the image data generated by the generation means to be hardly discernible by the human eye in accordance with the discrimination result of the discrimination means, and output means for outputting the image data to which the predetermined additional information is added by the adding means or the image data generated by the generation means.
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