Patent ID: 6040924
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A color image forming apparatus comprising:an input means for capturing color image information as color-separated sets of image information;a color converting means for color-converting the color-separated sets of image information input through the input means into color-converted sets of image information;a rotary type storage means for storing the color-converted sets of image information;a writing means for writing plural color-converted sets of grouped image information, onto the rotary type storage means;a reading means for reading the color-converted sets of image information from the rotary type storage means; andcolor image forming means for reproducing different color images corresponding to the color-converted sets of image information, retrieved by the reading means, wherein the writing means can designate addresses at which color-converted sets of image information of different colors are written on the rotary type storage means in an alternating or cyclic manner in accordance with the number of the color-converted sets of image information to be read in parallel from the rotary type storage means by the reading means.