Patent ID: 6271927
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
A data processing method comprising the steps of:a) inputting job instructions;b) storing the job instructions inputted in said step (a) into a memory; andc) determining an order of execution of a plurality of jobs, wherein said step (c) includes the step (c-1) of discriminating whether or not a job corresponding to a job instruction inputted in said step (a) can be executed before starting to execute the job, and the step (c-2) of skipping a job which is discriminated to be inexecutable in the step (c-1),wherein the job instruction inputted in said step (a) includes a priority condition for giving a priority to a corresponding job, andwherein in said step (c), when the priority condition is that a cost required for execution of image processing should be relatively low, the job execution order is determined such that a job given priority is executed during lower cost hours.