<p>It is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: reception means for receiving image date sent from a transmission-side apparatus; discrimination means for discriminating whether the image data received by the reception means is a character image or a halftone image; and processing means for performing segmentation processing of the reception data, wherein when the discrimination means discrimitaes that the reception image data is a character image, the processing means performs interpolation processing on the basis of reception image data in a predetermined area to perform segmentation processing of image data of a pixel of interest, so that the apparatus can perform segmentation processing of input data by simple control at high speed and low cost. <IMAGE></p>
