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US 2002/0054344 A1Published application
Image processing system and control method, and image processing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJiro Tateyama
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJiro Tateyama
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In a system corresponding to direct printing, even though respective devices have a series of processing functions, high processing performance of the entire system cannot be expected. Accordingly, printing time is longer than that in a system having a personal computer. In a system having a digital camera, a printer and a set top box as a digital broadcast tuner interconnected via a 1394 serial bus, an image processing program necessary for direct printing is downloaded from e.g. the printer to the set top box which lacks an image processing function. Then, time required for data processing on a sample image is calculated at each of processing steps of the image processing, and a device to execute data conversion is determined based on the processing time. By this arrangement, direct printing can be efficiently performed.
An image processing system having plural devices, including a device capable of executing predetermined image processing, interconnected via a serial bus,
A control method for controlling an image processing system having plural devices, including a device capable of executing predetermined image processing, interconnected via a serial bus, comprising the steps of:
An image processing apparatus, connected to plural devices via a serial bus, capable of execution of predetermined image processing,
An image processing apparatus, connected via a serial bus to plural devices including a device capable of executing predetermined image processing, said apparatus being without a function of executing said image processing,
A recording medium holding a control program for controlling an image processing system having plural devices, including a device capable of executing predetermined image processing, interconnected via a serial bus, wherein said program comprising at least:
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