Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTakafumi SHIMMOTO
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Abstract
A disclosed image processing apparatus executes an application relevant to image processing The image processing apparatus includes a request analyzing layer configured to analyze a user-specified request requesting a service; and a workflow control layer configured to control a workflow corresponding to the service in response to a request requesting execution of the service received from the request analyzing layer, the workflow causing one or more function process units to be combined and to serve as said application.
Claims18
An image processing apparatus for executing an application relevant to image processing, the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a request analyzing layer configured to analyze a user-specified request requesting a service;
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- a workflow control layer configured to control a workflow corresponding to the service in response to a request requesting execution of the service received from the request analyzing layer, the workflow causing one or more function process units to be combined and to serve as said application.
An image processing method for executing an application relevant to image processing, the image processing method comprising:
- a first step of starting a service in response to a user-specified request requesting the service, the first step being performed in a request analyzing layer for analyzing the user-specified request;
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- a second step of receiving a request requesting execution of the service in response to the first step being performed, combining one or more function process units to configure a workflow corresponding to the service and to serve as said application, and sending requests to the one or more function process units according to the workflow, the second step being performed in a workflow control layer for controlling the workflow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.