Patent Document ID: 20060274970
Application ID: 11291916
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An image processing device comprising: an image processing section, the image processing section having: (A) one or more image processing modules, each image processing module having; (1) an image processing engine that carries out a predetermined image processing on image data in units of a unit processing data amount, and (2) a control section that inputs image data which is acquired from a preceding stage of its own module, in data amount units needed in order for the image processing engine to carry out processing in units of the unit processing data amount, and outputs, to a following stage of its own module, image data, which has undergone a predetermined image processing by the image processing engine, or a processing result of the predetermined image processing, (B) one or more buffer modules, the buffer module having a buffer for storing image data and a buffer control section; a processing managing section that causes the image processing section to process an entire image which is an object of processing, by processing at the individual image processing modules of the image processing section.