Patent ID: 8769666

Claim:
An image processing device, comprising: a plurality of image data processing means including at least first and second image data processing means which have different security levels and which process inputted image data; and one or more image data processing requesting means which request any of the image data processing means to process image data, wherein the image data processing requesting means specify in advance automatic selection or manual selection of the image data processing means, and the image data processing requesting means have functions to select, from among the plurality of image data processing means, all other image data processing means whose security level is equal to or higher than the security level of the first image data processing means that is first requested to process the image data, to verify security levels of the second image data processing means to which the image data processing is to be requested, and then to request the second image data processing means to perform distributed processing of image data in addition to the first image data processing means that is first requested to process the image data.