US 11,704,081 B2
Information processing apparatus, control method, and storage medium
Norikazu Horiike, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshinori Hashimoto, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,484.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-069642 (JP), filed on Apr. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334778 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/12 (2006.01); B42C 19/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/125 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1208 (2013.01); B42C 19/02 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
at least one memory and at least one processor which function as a plurality of units comprising:
(1) an obtaining unit configured to obtain book data;
(2) a providing unit configured to provide an additional image based on the book data to a binding portion of a specific page in the book data; and
(3) an output unit configured to output data including the specific page including the additional image provided by the providing unit,
wherein the additional image is at least one of (a) an image generated by duplicating pixels within a specific range from the binding portion in an arranged image arranged in the specific page, (b) an image using a background color of the specific page, (c) an image using a background pattern of the specific page, and (d) an image that is line-symmetric with a straight line set at a predetermined position in the specific page being an axis.