Patent ID: 7664321

Claim:
A control method of controlling an image processing apparatus, the method comprising: controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a setting step of setting a vectorization processing method to each of a plurality of attributes via a graphical user-interface displayed in a display; controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a search step of searching for original digital data stored in storage means on the basis of an input document image; controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a vectorization step of, in a case where original digital data corresponding to the input document image is not specified in said search step, segmenting the input document image into a plurality of regions on the basis of attributes of objects included in the input document image, and executing vectorization processes for each of the plurality of regions, in accordance with the vectorization methods for each of the plurality of attributes set in said setting step; and controlling the information processing apparatus to perform a storage step of storing, as new original digital data, vector data of the input document image converted in said vectorization step into the storage means which is searched in said search step.