Patent ID: 8873079

Claim:
An image reader device comprising: an image reading unit configured to read images from pages of a document by an image read processing based on a read parameter for a current page, and to output a first image data; an image processing unit configured to process the first image data outputted from the image reading unit by image processing based on an image processing parameter for the current page, and to output a second image data; a storage unit configured to store the second image data outputted from the image processing unit, a read parameter for a subsequent page, and an image processing parameter for the subsequent page; and a parameter control unit configured to read the read parameter for the subsequent page stored in the storage unit and provide the read parameter for the subsequent page directly to the image reading unit after the image read processing of the current page, and to read the image processing parameter for the subsequent page stored in the storage unit and provide the image processing parameter for the subsequent page directly to the image processing unit after the image processing of the current page, wherein the image reading unit further comprises a first data retainer into which the read parameter for the subsequent page is written upon completion of the image processing of the current page, and from which the read parameter for the subsequent page is read in the image read processing of the subsequent page of the document, and the image processing unit further comprises a second data retainer into which the image processing parameter for the subsequent page is written upon completion of the image read processing of the current page, and from which the image processing parameter for the subsequent page is read in the image processing of the subsequent page of the document.