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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Toshifumi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358426 ; 358468 ; 382240 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus which improves data compression efficiency and reduces communication time. If the number of colors of information included in an original image is small, i.e., if an original image is an image including one or two fundamental colors of a color system on white ground, the apparatus transmits only the corresponding color component data. Further, the transmission is made in accordance with a recording order which the receiving side notifies to the transmitting side. As a result, time from reception of the image information to the end of recording can be reduced.