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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1996
Yoshifumi Okamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is disclosed a data processing apparatus capable of rotating image data in the block unit, for achieving faster process with reduced memory capacity. The data processing apparatus comprises recognition means for recognizing the size of data of a bit map format to be compressed and the size rotatable by rotation means, division means for dividing the bit map-formatted data to be compressed, based on the size of the bit map-formatted data and the size rotatable by the rotation means recognized by the recognition means, compression means for compressing the bit map-formatted data divided by the division means, and transfer means for transferring the bit map-formatted data, compressed by the compression means, to an output device.