Patent ID: 6400463
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
A control apparatus integrated in an image processing apparatus, said control apparatus comprising:a first interface unit, adapted to input information from and to output information to a first external apparatus, wherein said first interface unit is operable both in a first mode, in which information is input from the first external apparatus, and in a second mode, in which information is output to the first external apparatus; a second interface unit, adapted to input information from and to output information to a second external apparatus, wherein said second interface unit is operable both in a first mode, in which information is input from the second external apparatus, and in a second mode, in which information is output to the second external apparatus; a third interface unit, adapted to output the information inputted by at least one of said first interface unit and said second interface unit, to the image processing apparatus; and a control interface unit, adapted to input a control signal from the image processing apparatus and to establish a dedicated data channel, in accordance with the control signal, between said first interface unit and either said second interface unit or said third interface unit, or between said second interface unit and either said first interface unit or said third interface unit.