Patent ID: 8824614

Claim:
An image processing apparatus comprising: a first transfer circuit that is disposed subsequent to a first image processing circuit and that transfers a first image processing signal in accordance with a first reference signal, the first image processing signal being a parallel signal output from the first image processing circuit, the first image processing circuit performing first image processing in accordance with the first reference signal; and a second transfer circuit that is disposed prior to a second image processing circuit and that transfers a second image processing signal to the second image processing circuit, the second image processing signal being a parallel signal extracted from the first image processing signal output from the first transfer circuit in accordance with a second reference signal, the second reference signal being separated from the first reference signal, the second image processing circuit performing second image processing in accordance with the second reference signal, the first transfer circuit including a transmission circuit that transmits, instead of the first image processing signal output from the first image processing circuit, an adjusting signal to the second transfer circuit in accordance with the first reference signal, the adjusting signal being a parallel signal for adjusting a phase shift of the first image processing signal, the second transfer circuit including a first adjusting circuit that adjusts a phase of the adjusting signal transmitted from the transmission circuit so that the second image processing signal will be stably extracted from the adjusting signal in accordance with the second reference signal, and a second adjusting circuit that adjusts the phase of the adjusting signal transmitted from the transmission circuit so that the second image processing signal extracted from a signal obtained as a result of adjusting the phase of the adjusting signal by using the first adjusting circuit will match the adjusting signal transmitted from the transmission circuit.