Patent ID: 7433517

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit adapted to read an image and to generate image data representing the image; a separating unit adapted to separate the image data obtained by the reading unit into a plurality of objects corresponding to attributes; a selecting unit adapted to select, based on a user manipulation, at least one of the attributes corresponding to the objects separated by the separating unit, the selected attribute corresponding to an object for performing a vector conversion process; a vectorization unit adapted to perform the vector conversion process for the image data of at least one of the objects separated by the separating unit and to generate vector data as a result of the vector conversion process in accordance with the attribute selected by the selecting unit; and an output unit adapted to output the generated vector data corresponding to the object having the attribute selected by the selecting unit and the image data on which the vector conversion process is not performed corresponding to the object having the attribute not selected by the selecting unit.