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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1995
Satoshi Tanio, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is constructed by: an input device to input a command; a first communicating unit to communicate with a first external device; a second communicating unit to communicate with a second external device; a managing unit to manage the communicating units in correspondence to the external devices; a storage unit to store a plurality of image data in correspondence to image types of the image data; a color space converting unit to automatically color space convert on the basis of the image type corresponding to the image data stored in the storage unit and the external device which is set on the basis of the command; an output unit to output the image data whose color space was converted by the color space converting unit to the external device set on the basis of the command; and an automatic recognizing unit to automatically recognize the external devices by communicating with each of the first and second external devices by using the first and second communicating units.