Patent ID: 8472077

Claim:
An image processing method to process a first two-dimensional image stored on a first two-dimensional memory space, comprising: an image acquiring step of acquiring a second two-dimensional image to be filled with the first images; a memory securing step of securing a second two-dimensional memory space to express the second image thereon; a reading step of repeatedly performing first and second steps to read out pixel values constituting the first image, the first step being a step in which pixel values on a scanning line of the first image are read out sequentially in a scanning order from the first two-dimensional memory space, the second step being a step in which a next scanning line to be scanned subsequently to the scanning line is determined based upon next line information stored as supplementary information on the first two-dimensional memory space when the pixel values on the scanning line are completely read out; and a writing step of writing the pixel values of the first image read out in the reading step, sequentially in an order read out from the first two-dimensional memory space, into predetermined addresses on the second two-dimensional memory space secured in the memory securing step, such that the second image is filled with at least two of the first image and includes a line containing the pixel values on both the scanning line and the next scanning line read out from the first image.