Image processing apparatus and its method

An image processing method of an image processing apparatus which receives an image and executes a job for the image, the method comprising steps of:

• segmenting the input image into image regions having different attributes;
• detecting a corresponding image from a memory by search for an image of each of the image regions, and acquiring, when the corresponding image is detected, an object ID of the detected image;
• storing the image of the image region, the corresponding image of which is not detected, in the memory by adding a unique object ID to the image;
• generating schema information which includes location information of the image regions and the object IDs of the images of the image regions, and indicates a layout of the input image;
• and
• registering history information including at least the schema information in the memory.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program for causing a computer to execute an image processing method of an image processing apparatus which receives an image and executes a job for the image, the method comprising steps of:

• segmenting the input image into image regions having different attributes;
• detecting a corresponding image from a memory by search for an image of each of the image regions, and acquiring, when the corresponding image is detected, an object ID of the detected image;
• storing the image of the image region, the corresponding image of which is not detected, in the memory by adding a unique object ID to the image;
• generating schema information which includes location information of the image regions and the object IDs of the images of the image regions, and indicates a layout of the input image;
• and
• registering history information including at least the schema information in the memory.

An image processing apparatus for receiving an image and executing a job for the image, comprising:

• a segmenting section, arranged to segment the input image into image regions having different attributes;
• a detector, arranged to detect an image of the segmented image region from a first memory by search;
• a storing section, arranged to store no image of the image region, which is found by said detector, in the first memory, and to store the image of the image region, which is not found by said detector, in the first memory by adding a unique object ID to the image;
• a generator, arranged to generate specifying information which includes location information of the image, which is stored in the first memory, in the input image, and ID information of the stored image;
• and
• a registering section, arranged to register the specifying information in a second memory.