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US 6,611,359 B2Granted
Image processing method and apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasahito Yamamoto
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Abstract
An image processing system includes an input device for inputting image data, a processing device for performing an image processing job on image data input from the input device, an output device for outputting image data processed by the processing device, and a holding device for holding image data processed by the processing device when the image processing job performed by the processing device satisfies predetermined conditions.
Claims18
An image processing method, comprising:
- a setting step, of setting an image processing job to be performed on image data;
- a selection step, of selecting a conversion method to be applied to image data in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step;
- a processing step, of processing image data in accordance with the conversion method selected in said selection step to obtain processed image data;
- a determination step, of determining if the conversion method selected in said selection step satisfies a predetermined condition;
- an outputting step, of outputting the converted image data to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job set in said setting step;
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- a duplicating step, of outputting the converted image data to a predetermined destination different from the output destination in said output step so as to make a duplicate copy, when it is determined that the selected conversion method satisfies the predetermined condition in said determination step.
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An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- a setting unit adapted to set an image processing job to be performed on image data;
- a selection unit adapted to select a conversion method to be applied to image data in accordance with the image processing job set by said setting unit;
- a processing unit adapted to process image data in accordance with the conversion method selected by said selection unit to obtain converted image data;
- a determination unit adapted to determine whether the conversion method selected by said selection unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- an output unit adapted to output the converted image data to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job set by said setting unit;
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- a duplication unit adapted to output the converted image data to a predetermined destination different from the output destination in said output means so as to make a duplicate copy, when it is determined by said determination unit that the selected conversion method satisfies the predetermined condition.
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An image processing method comprising:
- a first determination step, of determining a conversion to be applied to image data based on an image processing job;
- a second determination step, of determining whether the conversion determined in said first determination step satisfies a predetermined condition;
- an output step, of outputting the image data converted by the image processing job to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job;
- a duplication step, of outputting the image data converted by the image processing job to a predetermined destination different from the output destination in said output step to make a duplicate copy, when it is determined that the conversion satisfies the predetermined condition in said second determination step.
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A image processing apparatus comprising:
- a first determination unit adapted to determine a conversion to be processed on image data based on an image processing job;
- a second determination unit adapted to determine whether the conversion determined by said first determination unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- an output unit adapted to output the image data converted by the image processing job to an output destination in accordance with the image processing job;
- a duplication unit adapted to output the image data of converted by the image processing job to a predetermined destination different from the output destination by said output unit to make a duplicate copy, when it is determined by said second determination unit that the conversion satisfies the predetermined condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.