Patent ID: 8593662
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A compound image-forming method, comprising the steps of: reading a document; partitioning a one-page image into an arbitrary number of image partition portions as the document is being read; creating, by an image processing apparatus, before the reading of the document is initiated, a partition descriptor that includes plural partition units corresponding to the image partition portions, each specific partition unit of the partition units including (i) an output destination address of the corresponding image partition portion, the output destination address indicating an address to which the corresponding image partition portion is to be outputted before the reading of the document is completed, and (ii) a next partition information address linked to a subsequent partition unit created in a same transaction as the specific partition unit, the subsequent partition unit corresponding to a subsequent image partition portion of the image, wherein the image partition portion corresponding to the specific partition unit and the subsequent image partition portion constitute different parts of the same image; and compressing the image partition portions of the partitioned image.