摘要 |
<p>An image processing apparatus includes a scanner (101) that receives image data, an area extracting unit (121) that extracts image data of visually different image areas from the received image data, an HDD (106) that stores therein the extracted image data, a criterion storage unit (145) that stores a plurality of criteria for identifying each of the image areas as one of processing areas, a device interface unit (110, 136) that receives a selection of an image segmentation mode from a user, a selecting unit (146) that selects a criterion from the criteria stored in the criterion storage unit based on the selected image segmentation mode, and a processing unit (143) that identifies each of the image areas as one of the processing areas based on the selected image segmentation mode and performs image processing corresponding to the identified processing area.</p> |