Image processing apparatus and method having detection of background color and encoding of color image data

摘要

A color image processing apparatus, including an input unit for inputting color image data having a plurality of color components, a detecting unit for detecting background color of a color image represented by the color image data input by the input unit, a removing unit for removing the background color from the color image data having the plurality of color components, an encoding unit for encoding the color image data with the background color removed, a transmission unit for transmitting the color image data with the background color removed encoded by the encoding unit, and a selecting unit for manually selecting between a first mode, in which the removing unit is operated, and a second mode, in which the removing unit is not operated.