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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 1996
Filed:
May. 22, 1995
Masanori Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Komine, Fussa, JP;
Tetsuya Onishi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Kadowaki, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing system capable of processing different types of information includes a reproducing device for reproducing information stored in a medium. Discrimination apparatus discriminates whether the information reproduced by the reproducing device is image information or another type of information which is different from image information. Then, a conversion device converts data which indicates an attribution of the another type of information into image information when the discrimination apparatus determines that the information is the another type of information. Preferably, the discrimination apparatus can discriminate between image information, voice information, and digital information.