Patent ID: 7483593

Claim:
An image data enlarging apparatus enlarging image data stored in a first storage unit to write to a second storage unit, comprising: a determining unit determining whether the image data stored in said first storage unit corresponds to a prescribed line, and including an address generating unit and an offset address setting unit, wherein said address generating unit generates a data source address for accessing said image data stored in said first storage unit, and said offset address setting unit sets an offset value to use in generating said data source address by adding a preceding data source address and said offset value for said prescribed line; a reading unit sequentially reading the image data addressed by said data source address stored in said first storage unit line by line and, when said determining unit determines that the image data corresponds to the prescribed line, reading the image data of the relevant prescribed line a plurality of times; and a writing unit writing the image data read by said reading unit to said second storage unit.