Patent ID: 7061640

Claim:
An image-processing apparatus comprising: a storing section having a storing area for storing image data that has been compressed and divided; an image-processing control section that is configured and arranged so as to compresses and divide the image data and to store the compressed and divided image data in the storing section (“stored image data”), so as to combine and decompress the stored image data, so as to perform image processing on the combined and decompressed stored image data, so as to compress and divide the processed image data and to store the compressed and divided processed image data in the storing section; wherein the image-processing control section includes a judgment section configured and arranged so as to make a judgment as to whether or not an empty storing area in the storing section is sufficient for storing the compressed and divided processed image data; and wherein upon a judgment by the judgment section that the empty storing area is insufficient to store the compressed and divided processed image data, the image-processing control section controls the storage of the compressed and divided processed image data so as to allow the compressed and divided processed image data to be stored in storing areas of the storing section including the storing areas in which the stored image data was originally stored.