| 摘要 |
<p>An image processing apparatus including a joining-portion processing section (48) for combining partial images that have been read in a divided manner. Focused on partial document data predeterminately specified among a plurality of partial document data stored in an image memory (43), the joint-portion processing means performs a recognizing operation on the joints, a positioning operation and other operations beginning with the proximity of the specified partial document data, and the partial images are combined together to form one complete image. For example, in the case of copying an original document, which has a size too large to be copied in one operation, on one sheet of paper in a reduced manner, it becomes possible to eliminate time consuming tasks such as trimming and pasting the partial documents as well as calculating the reduction rate. Thus, the efficiency of the operation is improved, and by specifying the partial document data from which the operation is started, it is possible to join the partial images accurately irrespective of the order of inputting the partial documents.</p> |
