Patent ID: 6650437
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing system including at least one input device which inputs image data and at least one output device which, on the basis of transferred image data for output, carries-out image output processing, said image processing system comprising:storing means for temporarily storing image data; adding means for adding, to image data inputted from an input device, supplementary information including information relating to attributes of the image data; setting means for setting an output device which is to carry out image output processing on the image data; image processing means for carrying out image processing, which corresponds to the attributes of the image data and to the output device which is to carry out image output processing, on at least one of image data temporarily stored in said storing means and image data which is read from said storing means after the supplementary information has been added thereto and the image data has been temporarily stored in said storing means; and transfer means for transferring to the output device, as image data for output, the image data which, after having been temporarily stored in said storing means, was read and for which image processing by said image processing means has been completed.