Patent ID: 8320009
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G03G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image formation apparatus, comprising: an operation unit allowing input of reading conditions of image data; a first storage unit storing accumulated image data previously read by an input unit; a second storage unit storing a correspondence relation between the reading conditions and at least one registered prediction amount for the image data to be stored in the first storage unit, the at least one registered prediction amount including a first registered predicted data amount specifying an average prediction value for a data amount of the image data and a second registered data amount specifying a maximum prediction value for the data amount; a data amount prediction unit predicting a data amount of the image data to be read based on the reading conditions and the correspondence relation stored in the second storage unit by selecting one of the first registered predicted data amount and the second registered data amount; a judgment unit judging whether to perform reading of the image data based on the predicted data amount and an available capacity of the first storage unit; and the input unit reading the image data in accordance with the reading conditions input via the operation unit, based on a judgment result of the judging unit.