Patent ID: 6369913
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
An image processing system comprising:an image processing system comprising: a reader for simultaneously reading image data for three colors of R, G, and B from a document to be read; an editor for editing said image data read by said reader; a printer for printing said image data edited by said editor; and a storage device having a memory for storing therein said image data, to which internal buses of said reader, editor and printer are connected respectively via said memory so that said image data can be transferred via said memory; said image processing system further comprising: a computer located external of said image forming apparatus and connected to said image forming apparatus and including reading/printing control software to control reading of said image data from said storage device and to control said printer; wherein said reader executes the processing for reading image data for three colors of R, G, and B from said document and simultaneously writing said read image data for each of the three colors of R, G, and B in discrete regions set by discrete addresses for each of the three colors respectively in said memory using addresses set by said reading/printing control software in said computer; said editor executes the processing for reading out image data written by said reader from said memory, editing the image data, and writing said edited image data in said memory again; said printer executes the processing for reading out said image data written by said editor from said memory and printing said image data; said storage device controls the processing for writing said image data by said reader and the processing for reading out the image data by the printer; and the computer writing in and reading out said image data to and from said storage device also using the addresses set by said reading/printing control software in said computer.