Image processing apparatus, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium

1. An image processing apparatus which creates and delivers an image file whose layer can be managed, comprising:

a first image data acquisition unit which acquires first image data;

a second image data acquisition unit which acquires second image data;

receiving unit for receiving a delivery destination of the created image file;

a determination unit which determines whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the delivery destination received by the receiving unit;

an image file creation unit which creates the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination of the determination unit; and

transmitting unit for transmitting the image file to the delivery destination received by the receiving unit.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines whether the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or in the different layers, depending on whether a user of the delivery destination received by the receiving unit is registered or not.

3. An image processing apparatus which creates and delivers an image file whose layer can be managed, comprising:

a first image data acquisition unit which acquires first image data;

a second image data acquisition unit which acquires second image data;

a determination unit which identifies a user who gave an instruction to create the image file to acquire an identification information of the user, and determines whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the identification information of the user; and

an image file creation unit which creates the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination of the determination unit.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the image processing apparatus further comprises an identification information input unit in which the identification information of the user who gives the instruction to create the image file is inputted, and

the determination unit determines whether the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on whether the identification information inputted from the identification information input unit is user-registered or not.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second image data is tint block data.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image file is a PDF file.

7. An image processing method by which an image file whose layer can be managed is created and delivered, comprising:

acquiring first image data;

acquiring second image data;

receiving a delivery destination of the created image file;

determining whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the delivery destination received by the receiving unit;

creating the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination; and

transmitting the image file to the delivery destination received by the receiving unit.

8. The image processing method according to claim 7 , wherein in the course of the determining step, it is determined whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or in the different layers, depending on whether a user of the delivery destination received by the receiving unit is registered or not.

9. The image processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the second image data is tint block data.

10. The image processing method according to claim 7 , wherein the image file is a PDF file.

11. An image processing method by which an image file whose layer can be managed is created and delivered, comprising:

acquiring first image data;

acquiring second image data;

identifying a user who gave an instruction to create the image file to acquire an identification information of the user, and determining whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the identification information of the user; and

creating the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination of the determination unit.

12. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein in the course of the determining step, it is determined whether the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on whether the identification information of the user who gives the instruction to create the image file is user-registered or not.

13. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the second image data is tint block data.

14. The image processing method according to claim 11 , wherein the image file is a PDF file.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer executable image processing program for causing a computer to execute each step of the image processing method by which an image file whose layer can be managed is created and delivered, comprising:

acquiring first image data;

acquiring second image data;

receiving a delivery destination of the created image file;

determining whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the delivery destination received by the receiving unit;

creating the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination; and

transmitting the image file to the delivery destination received by the receiving unit.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15 , wherein in the course of the determining step, it is determined whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or in the different layers, depending on whether a user of the delivery destination received by the receiving unit is registered or not.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer executable image processing program for causing a computer to execute each step of the image processing method by which an image file whose layer can be managed is created and delivered, comprising:

acquiring first image data;

acquiring second image data;

identifying a user who gave an instruction to create the image file to acquire an identification information of the user, and determining whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on the identification information of the user; and

creating the image file in which the first image data and the second image data are stored in the same layer or the different layers, based on a result of the determination of the determination unit.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 17 , wherein in the course of the determining step, it is determined whether the first image data and the second image data are to be stored in the same layer or the different layers, depending on whether the identification information of the user who gives the instruction to create the image file is user-registered or not.