IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

An image processing apparatus which can be connected to a plurality of terminals, comprising an input unit for inputting the image data representing the image corresponding to a predetermined range by causing a predetermined camera unit to photograph or take each of plural partial areas obtained by dividing the image corresponding to the predetermined range, a reception unit for receiving commands representing positions in the predetermined range from a plurality of terminals, an extraction unit for extracting the image data corresponding to a part of the predetermined range on the basis of the command received by the reception unit and a transmission control unit for causing a predetermined transmission unit to transmit the image data extracted by the extraction means, to the terminal which transmitted the command corresponding to the image data.