Patent ID: 6707569
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image input/output control system comprising:a reception unit adapted to receive an image signal from an image input unit; a transmission unit adapted to send the image signal to an image output unit; a connection unit adapted to connect said reception unit to said transmission unit with a plurality of passages; a transfer unit adapted to select one of the plurality of passages and transfer the image signal from said reception unit to said transmission unit by way of the selected passage; memory adapted to store the image signal; and a bus which connects said memory to said reception unit and said transmission unit, wherein said connection unit connects said reception unit to said transmission unit through at least two passages of a first passage which connects said reception unit and said transmission unit by way of said bus and a second passage which connects said reception unit and said transmission unit by way of said bus and said memory unit, and wherein said transfer unit transfers the image signal through any one of the two passages.