Image processing device and image processing control method

An image processing device comprising:

• a programmable data processing unit;
• an image data storing unit;
• and a storage unit of plural process programs,
• wherein a first process of dividing and reading the image data from the image data storage unit, reading a first process program from the process program storage unit, executing the read first process program on the divided and read image data, returning the image data after processing to the image data storage unit, and returning the first process program after execution to the program storage unit;
• and a second process of sequentially repeating for each process program existing in the program storage unit a process of reading from the image data storage unit the image data after processing, reading from the process program storage unit a next process program, executing the read process program on the read image data, returning the image data after processing to the image data storage unit, and returning the process program after execution to the program storage unit,
• are repeated for each divided image data.

An image processing control method in an image processing device having a programmable data processing unit, an image data storing unit, and a process program storage unit, the method comprising the steps of:

• dividing image data from the image data storage unit and loading the image data into the data processing unit;
• reading the process program from the process program storage unit and loading the process program into the data processing unit;
• executing in the data processing unit the loaded process program on the divided and loaded image data;
• returning image data processed in the data processing unit to the image data storage unit;
• and
• returning the process program executed in the data processing unit to the process program storage unit,
• wherein the each step is repeated for each divided image data.

An image processing control method in an image processing device having a programmable data processing unit, an image data storing unit, and a storage unit of plural process programs, the method comprising the steps of:

• carrying out a first step comprising dividing image data from the image data storage unit and loading the image data into the data processing unit;
• loading to the data processing unit a first process program from the process program storage unit;
• executing in the data processing unit the loaded first process program on the divided and read image data;
• returning the image data after processing to the image data storage unit;
• and returning the executed first process program to the process program storage unit;
• and
• carrying out a second step of sequentially repeating for each process program existing in the process program storage unit a step comprising loading to the data processing unit the image data after processing from the image data storage unit;
• reading a next process program from the process program storage unit;
• executing in the data processing unit the loaded process program on the read image data;
• returning the image data after processing to the image data storage unit;
• and returning the executed process program to the process program storage unit,
• the first step and the second step being repeated for each divided image data.