Patent ID: 8339619

Claim:
An image processing system comprising: an acquisition unit constructed to acquire image data; a separation unit constructed to separate the image data into a plurality of regions, including a region of a text attribute; a character processing unit constructed to obtain a character code based on the image data in the region of the text attribute; a vectorization unit constructed to convert the image data in the region of the text attribute into vector data; an accepting unit constructed to variably accept, from a user, a first instruction that causes the character processing unit to operate, a second instruction that causes the vectorization unit to operate, or both the first and second instruction; and a control unit constructed to: (i) control, in a case that the accepting unit accepts the first instruction and does not accept the second instruction, to cause the character processing unit to obtain a character code based on the image data in the region of the text attribute, and to cause the vectorization unit to not operate, (ii) control, in a case that the accepting unit does not accept the first instruction and accepts the second instruction, to cause the vectorization unit to convert the image data in the region of the text attribute into vector data, and to cause the character processing unit to not operate, and (iii) control, in a case that the accepting unit accepts both the first instruction and second instruction, to cause the character processing unit to obtain a character code based on the image data in the region of the text attribute and to cause the vectorization unit to convert the image data in the region of the text attribute into vector data.