Patent ID: 7253916
Filing Date: 2007-08-07
Classification: G06F,G06K,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An image processing system having a management apparatus and a plurality of image processing apparatuses, the management apparatus being connected via a network to each image processing apparatus and including: a first acquisition unit for acquiring apparatus attribute information showing an attribute of each image processing apparatus; a group formation unit for forming the image processing apparatuses into one or more groups based on the acquired apparatus attribute information; a second acquisition unit for acquiring value information from a target image processing apparatus, the target image processing apparatus being an image processing apparatus in a group, and the value information relating to a control variable value required by the target image processing apparatus in order to execute image processing; and a transmission unit for transmitting the acquired value information to another image processing apparatus in the group, and each image processing apparatus including: a reception unit for receiving the value information transmitted from the management apparatus; and an image processing unit for executing the image processing based on the received value information.