Image processing apparatus and image processing method

An image processing method executed by an image processing apparatus, the method comprising:

• analyzing a character area and a character color in an input image by an analysis unit of the image processing apparatus;
• performing character recognition processing on the character image in the character area to obtain character code data by a character recognition unit of the image processing apparatus;
• performing vectorization processing on the character image in the character area to obtain vector data by a vectorization unit of the image processing apparatus;
• generating a plurality of color information definitions that define colors to be used in rendering the character code data and the vector data based on rules set for each of the plurality of color information definitions and the analyzed character color by a color-information definition generation unit of the image processing apparatus;
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• generating an electronic document that contains the character code data, the vector data, and the plurality of color information definitions by an electronic document generation unit of the image processing apparatus.

A computer-readable storage medium storing a computer-executable program, the program causing the computer to function as:

• an analysis unit configured to analyze a character area and a character color in an input image;
• a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition processing on a character image in the character area to obtain character code data;
• a vectorization unit configured to perform vectorization processing on the character image in the character area to obtain vector data;
• a color-information definition generation unit configured to generate a plurality of color information definitions for rendering colors of the character code data and the vector data based on rules set for each of the plurality of color information definitions and the character color analyzed by the analysis unit;
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• an electronic document generation unit configured to generate an electronic document that contains the character code data obtained by the character recognition unit, the vector data obtained by the vectorization unit, and the plurality of color information definitions generated by the color-information definition generation unit.