| 摘要 |
An image processing apparatus processes an image. An image obtaining section receives a color image. A region extracting section extracts a character region from the color image. A character color determining section determines whether the characters in the extracted character region have a non-highlight color or a different color from the non-highlight color. A highlighting section performs a highlight process on the characters if the characters have a color different from the non-highlight color. A de-highlighting section performs a de-highlight process on the characters if the characters have the non-highlight color. An image generating section produces a color-reduced image in which a number of colors has been reduced as a result of either the highlight process or the de-highlight process performed on extracted character region. A transmitting section transmits the color-reduced image to an external apparatus. |
