Patent ID: 7426051
Filing Date: 2008-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing method, performed by an image supply device storing image data and an image output device performing image processing with respect to the image data, which are connected via a communication path through which the image data is communicated, the method comprising steps of: generating a control information item including a script for the image processing which is described by a markup language; and communicating the control information item between the image supply device and the image output device, the communicating step comprising: interpreting a control protocol for communicating the control information item, by a first entity which executes processing for a first hierarchic layer of a communication protocol; interpreting a management protocol for managing an image data file including the image data, by a second entity which executes processing for a second hierarchic layer of the communication protocol which is lower than the first hierarchic layer; controlling a physical layer of the communication path, by a third entity which executes processing for a third hierarchic layer of the communication protocol which is lower than the second hierarchic layer; and translating a command in the control information item between the control protocol and the management protocol.