Patent ID: 7817298
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04N,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus having a plurality of functions and allowing the plurality of functions to be available by starting programs for the corresponding functions, the apparatus comprising: a processor configured to execute the programs; a main memory configured to be used by the processor to execute the programs; a first storage unit configured to store a program to be executed by the processor without being transferred to the main memory; a second storage unit configured to store at least one program for a corresponding one of the plurality of functions, wherein the at least one program stored in the second storage unit can be executed by the processor by being transferred to the main memory; a selection unit configured to select any one of the plurality of functions; and a control unit configured to control a selected program corresponding to the function selected by the selection unit, from among the at least one program stored in the second storage unit, to be stored in the first storage unit.