Patent ID: 6496277
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image data flow control and storage facility for operation in an image reproduction system, said facility comprisinga digital communication bus for transferring digital image data within said image reproduction system, a secondary storage device for storing digital image data within said image reproduction system, an image output controller in digital communication with said digital communication bus and adapted for receiving digital image data by way of said digital communication bus and for outputting said received digital image data, an image input controller in digital communication with said digital communication bus for transferring said digital image data to said facility by way of said digital communication bus, and a secondary storage controller in digital communication with said secondary storage device and said digital communication bus, and adapted for transferring at least one of digital image data directly from said secondary storage device to said image output controller, and digital image data directly from said image input controller to said secondary storage device, both by way of said digital communication bus.