Patent ID: 8373907
Filing Date: 2013-02-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an image receiving unit configured to receive input image data; an image processing unit configured to process the input image data thereby generating processed image data; an image storage unit configured to store therein the input image data and the processed image data; a usage-log managing unit configured to manage usage log information about the processed image data; an operation display unit that has a graphical user interface (GUI) function and configured to receive an input of a processing request for processing input image data to generate processed image data; and a control unit configured to control each unit of the image processing apparatus, including the image receiving unit, the image processing unit, the image storage unit, the usage-log managing unit, and the operation display unit, thereby controlling the overall image processing apparatus based on the processing request, wherein the usage-log managing unit manages processing contents that have been used by the image processing unit when generating the processed image data in association with the processed image data as the usage log information, when the operation display unit receives a request for an output process of the processed image data, the control unit acquires a processing content of the output process from the usage log information depending on the output process and displays processing content information about acquired processing content in association with image data processed based on the acquired processing content on the operation display unit, when image data stored in the image storage unit during a previous output process is present as processed image data processed based on the acquired processing content, the control unit uses the image data stored in the image storage unit, and when a processing content instructed by the request is same as a processing content acquired from the usage log information and when image data processed based on the processing content is stored in the image storage unit, the control unit controls the image processing unit to perform processing on original image data based on the processing content again to obtain processed image data and displays the processed image data.