Image processing apparatus and its method

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• segmenting a read image into image regions having different attributes;
• extracting pointer information embedded in each of the image regions;
• converting an image of the image region, from which the pointer information is not extracted and whose vector conversion is instructed by a user, into vector data;
• setting a security level in the vector data;
• and
• registering the vector data set with the security level in a server.

A computer program for an image processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

• segmenting a read image into image regions having different attributes;
• extracting pointer information embedded in each of the image regions;
• converting an image of the image region, from which the pointer information is not extracted and whose vector conversion is instructed by a user, into vector data;
• setting a security level in the vector data;
• and
• registering the vector data set with the security level in a server.

A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for executing an image processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

• segmenting a read image into image regions having different attributes;
• extracting pointer information embedded in each of the image regions;
• converting an image of the image region, from which the pointer information is not extracted and whose vector conversion is instructed by a user, into vector data;
• setting a security level in the vector data;
• and
• registering the vector data set with the security level in a server.

An image processing apparatus comprising:

• a segmentation section, arranged to segment an image into image regions having different attributes;
• a converter, arranged to convert at least one of the image regions segmented by said segmentation section into vector data;
• a setter, arranged to set a security level to the vector data converted by said converter;
• and
• a register, arranged to register the vector data, to which the security level is set, with a server.

An image processing method comprising the steps of:

• segmenting an image into image regions having different attributes;
• converting at least one of the image regions segmented in the segmenting step into vector data;
• setting a security level to the vector data converted in the converter step;
• and
• registering the vector data, to which the security level is set, with a server.

A computer program product stored on a computer readable medium comprising program code for executing an image processing method, the method comprising the steps of:

• segmenting an image into image regions having different attributes;
• converting at least one of the image regions segmented in the segmenting step into vector data;
• setting a security level to the vector data converted in the converter step;
• and
• registering the vector data, to which the security level is set, with a server.