Patent ID: 8559070

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a user interface to receive a first processing request that requests the image processing apparatus to perform a first process with respect to an original document; a scanner device to scan the original document into scanned image data having a predetermined data format; a storage device to store the scanned image data; a converter to convert the predetermined data format of the scanned image data to a plurality of types of data formats of converted image data and to store the converted image data in the storage device, the plurality of types of data formats including: (1) a data format that is suitable for the first process requested by the first processing request; and (2) at least one data format that is suitable for a process other than the first process requested by the first processing request; and a processor to: execute the first process requested by the first processing request, using the converted image data having the data format that is suitable for the first process; determine whether a subsequent processing request that requests the image processing apparatus to perform a subsequent process that follows the first processing request is received with respect to the same original document through the user interface; obtain converted image data having a data format that is suitable for the subsequent process requested by the subsequent processing request from the storage device; and execute the subsequent process requested by the subsequent processing request, using the converted image data having the data format that is suitable for the subsequent process.