Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program, and storage medium

An image processing system for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing system comprising:

• palette color calculating means for calculating a palette color based on the bit-map image;
• extracting means for extracting a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image;
• vectorization means for converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object to store the vector data onto memory means;
• selecting means for selecting some color samples, desired by a user in response to an instruction from the user, from the calculated palette colors;
• and
• control means for controlling the vector data per object, selected from the vector data stored in the vectorization means based on the color selected by the selecting means, to vector data desired by the user.

An image processing system for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing system comprising:

• determining means for determining whether a selection command for selecting color desired by a user or a calculation command for calculating a palette color is issued in response to an instruction from the user;
• extracting means which extracts a partial image, corresponding to the selected color desired by the user, from the bit-map image if the determining means determines that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or calculates the palette color based on the bit-map image and extracts a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image if the determining means determines that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
• vectorization means for converting the partial image extracted by the extracting means into vector data per color object to store the vector data onto memory means;
• selecting means for selecting, from the calculated palette colors, the color desired by the user in response to an instruction from the user if the determining means determines that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
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• control means which controls the vector data per color object, converted by the vectorization means, to vector data desired by the user if the determining means determines that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or controls, to vector data desired by the user, vector data per object selected from the vector data stored by the vectorization means based on the color selected by the selecting means if the determining means determines that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued.

An image processing method for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing method comprising the steps of:

• selecting a color desired by a user;
• extracting a partial image, corresponding to the selected color, from the bit-map image;
• converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• and
• controlling the converted vector data per color object to vector data desired by the user.

An image processing method for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing method comprising the steps of:

• calculating a palette color based on the bit-map image;
• extracting a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image;
• converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• selecting a color, desired by a user in response to an instruction from the user, from the calculated palette colors;
• and
• controlling the vector data per object, selected from the vector data stored in the converting step based on the color selected in the selecting step, to vector data desired by the user.

An image processing method for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing method comprising the steps of:

• determining whether a selection command for selecting a color desired by a user or a calculation command for calculating a palette color is issued in response to an instruction from the user;
• extracting a partial image, corresponding to the selected color desired by the user, from the bit-map image if it is determined in the determining step that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or calculating the palette color based on the bit-map image and extracting a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image if it is determined in the determining step that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
• converting the partial image extracted in the extracting step into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• selecting, from the calculated palette colors, the color desired by the user in response to an instruction from the user if it is determined in the determining step that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
• and
• controlling the vector data per color object, converted in the converting step, to vector data desired by the user if it is determined in the determining step that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or controlling, to vector data desired by the user, vector data per object selected from the vector data stored in the converting step based on the color selected in the selecting step if it is determined in the determining step that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued.

A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to convert a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the computer program comprising program codes for performing the steps of:

• selecting a color desired by a user in response to an instruction from the user;
• extracting a partial image, corresponding to the selected color, from the bit-map image;
• converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• and
• controlling the converted vector data per color object to vector data desired by the user.

A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to convert a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the computer program comprising program codes for performing the steps of:

• calculating a palette color based on the bit-map image;
• extracting a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image;
• converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• selecting a color, desired by a user in response to an instruction from the user, from the calculated palette colors;
• and
• controlling the vector data per object, selected from the vector data stored in the converting step based on the color selected in the selecting step, to vector data desired by the user.

A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program for causing a computer to convert a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the computer program comprising:

• program code for determining whether a selection command for selecting a color desired by a user or a calculation command for calculating a palette color is issued in response to an instruction from the user;
• program code for extracting a partial image, corresponding to the selected color desired by the user, from the bit-map image if it is determined in the determining step that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or calculating the palette color based on the bit-map image and extracting a partial image, corresponding to the calculated palette color, from the bit-map image if it is determined in the determining step that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
• program code for converting the partial image extracted in the extracting step into vector data per color object for vectorization to store the vector data onto memory means;
• program code for selecting, from the calculated palette colors, the color desired by the user in response to an instruction from the user if it is determined in the determining step that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued;
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• program code for controlling the vector data per color object to vector data desired by the user if it is determined in the determining step that the selection command for selecting the color desired by the user has been issued, or controlling, to vector data desired by the user, vector data per object selected from the vector data stored in the converting step based on the color selected if it is determined that the calculation command for calculating the palette color has been issued.

An image processing system for converting a bit-map image of a plurality of colors into vector data, the image processing system comprising:

• selecting unit for selecting a color desired by a user;
• extracting unit for extracting a partial image, corresponding to the selected color, from the bit-map image;
• vectorization unit for converting the extracted partial image into vector data per color object to store the vector data onto memory means;
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• control unit for controlling the vector data per color object, stored in the vectorization means, to vector data desired by the user.