Patent ID: 7542164
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing system for preparing a document image from at least one input device, the document image being formatted in a first document format, for output in at least one output device, the output document image being formatted in a second document format, the document image being described by image signals, the system comprising a controller that: transforms the image signals input by the at least one input device and formatted in the first document format to a common exchange format, the first document format comprising a document creating format; and transforms the image signals formatted in the common exchange format to the second document format, the second document format comprising one of a document viewing format and a document marking format; wherein the common exchange format is a mixed raster content image, the image signals formatted in the document creating format comprise synthetic document information, and transforming the synthetic document information from the at least one input device to the common exchange format comprises: