This invention provides an image processing system and image processing
method which can promote efficient use of a memory by vectorizing all
data of a representative object and, for the same or similar object,
referring to the vectorized representative object and using difference
data and also convert the same or similar objects at once by editing only
the representative object. Input image information is vectorized. The
vector data of a representative object is stored. Identity between a
target object and the representative object is determined. If the two
objects are identical, property information containing information about
the reference destination of the vector data of the representative object
is stored in place of the vector data of the target object.