# US 7,609,408 B2 · Image reading apparatus, image formation apparatus, image processing system, memory area sharing method for image reading apparatus, and memory area sharing method for image processing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,609,408 B2 - Document ID: US7609408B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/396,607 - Filed: 2006-04-04 - Published: 2007-01-11 - Granted: 2009-10-27 - Earliest claimed: 2005-07-06 - Assignees: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hiroshi Hayashi; Tadaomi Suzuki; Hiromi Kita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7609408B2 ## CPC - H04N 1/00278: {with a printing apparatus, e.g. a laser beam printer} - H04N 2201/001: Sharing resources, e.g. processing power or memory, with a connected apparatus or enhancing the capability of the still picture apparatus - H04N 2201/0013: Arrangements for the control of the connected apparatus by the still picture apparatus - H04N 2201/0015: Control of image communication with the connected apparatus, e.g. signalling capability - H04N 2201/0074: Arrangements for the control of a still picture apparatus by the connected apparatus - H04N 2201/0081: Image reader (H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract An image processing system in which an image reading apparatus and an image formation apparatus are connected to each other through a communication interface, in which the image reading apparatus includes: a reading section that reads an original and generates image data, a memory that stores the image data, and a mount-processing permission section that, when the image reading apparatus is connected to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface, permits the image formation apparatus to carry out a mount-processing of the memory; the image formation apparatus includes: a mount-processing section that, when the image formation apparatus is connected to the image reading apparatus through the communication interface and permitted to carry out the mount-processing of the memory, carries out the mount-processing of the memory; and the image formation apparatus stores image data received from another communication interface into the memory for which the mount-processing has been carried out. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing system in which an image reading apparatus and an image formation apparatus are connected to each other through a communication interface, wherein the image reading apparatus comprises: a reading section that reads an original and generates image data, a memory that stores the image data read by the reading section, and a mount-processing permission section that, when the image reading apparatus is connected to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface, permits the image formation apparatus to mount the memory for use as a memory on the image formation apparatus by carrying out a mount-processing of the memory; the image formation apparatus comprises: a mount-processing section that, when the image formation apparatus is connected to the image reading apparatus through the communication interface and permitted by the image reading apparatus to carry out the mount-processing of the memory, carries out the mount-processing of the memory; and the image formation apparatus stores image data received from another communication interface into the memory for which the mount-processing has been carried out by the mount-processing section. ### Claim 2 An image reading apparatus that is connected to an image formation apparatus through a communication interface, comprising: a reading section that reads an original and generates image data, a memory that stores the image data read by the reading section, and a mount-processing permission section that, when the image reading apparatus is connected to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface, permits the image formation apparatus to mount the memory for use as a memory on the image formation apparatus by carrying out a mount-processing of the memory. ### Claim 3 An image formation apparatus that is connected to an image reading apparatus having a memory through a communication interface, comprising: a mount-processing section that, when the image formation apparatus is connected to the image reading apparatus through the communication interface, is permitted by the image reading apparatus to mount the memory for use as a memory on the image formation apparatus by carrying out a mount-processing of the memory, wherein image data received from another communication interface is stored in the memory for which the mount-processing has been carried out by the mount-processing section. ### Claim 4 A memory area sharing method for an image processing system in which an image reading apparatus having a memory and an image formation apparatus are connected through a communication interface, wherein the image reading apparatus, when connected to the image formation apparatus through the communication interface, permits the image formation apparatus to mount the memory for use as a memory on the image formation apparatus by carrying out a mount-processing of the memory, included in the image reading apparatus by a mount-processing permission section; and the image formation apparatus carries out the mount-processing of the memory by a mount-processing section, and stores image data received from another communication interface into the memory for which the mount-processing has been carried out by the mount-processing section.