Patent ID: 7006713

Claim:
An image-processing apparatus, comprising: n image processing sections which receive n consecutive pixel data items that are respectively input with the same timing and which respectively process the respective input pixel data items with the same timing, n representing an integer equal to at least “2”; and a control section that controls the n image processing sections; wherein each of the image processing sections are capable of being set to one of a first operation mode allowing data communication with the control section, and a second operation mode allowing only reception from the control section, one of the image processing sections is set to the first operation mode, and n−1 of the image processing sections are set to the second operation mode; wherein commands are commonly given to the n image processing sections from the control section; and wherein, when a command is given from the control section to the one of the image processing sections that is set to the first operation mode, the n image processing sections individually execute the same processing with the same timing; the image-processing apparatus further including a memory that stores image-processing data commonly used by the respective image processing sections, wherein the image processing section set to the first operation mode can write the image-processing data, which is fed from the control section, to the memory, and in addition, can read out the image-processing data written in the memory; and wherein the image processing section set to the second operation mode can input the image-processing data read out by the image processing section set to the first operation mode from the memory.