Patent ID: 8131092

Claim:
An image processing method with an image processing apparatus having a memory, comprising the steps of: accepting an image; generating a data package by packing pixels of the accepted image at an input interval, wherein one data package consists of α pixels, the α being a positive integer greater than 1; storing the generated data package in the memory; and reading out the data package stored in the memory, wherein one data package generated by packing is stored in a first memory region of the memory, at a store interval that is α times longer than the input interval; the “one data package” stored in the first memory region is read out at a read interval that is the same as the input interval; during reading out the “one data package” stored in the first memory region, another data package generated by packing is stored in a second memory region of the memory at the store interval; the “another data package” stored in the second memory region is read out at the read interval; and during reading out the “another data package” stored in the second memory region, other data package generated by packing is stored in the first memory region at the store interval.