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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Motokazu Kashida, Yokohama, JP;
Yasutomo Suzuki, Musashino, JP;
Nobukuni Roppongi, Yomohama, JP;
Masayuki Ochi, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; B41B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358468 ; 358442 ; 358479 ; 395114 ; 39520077 ;
Abstract
An image processing system includes a first image processing apparatus connected to a second image processing apparatus Each apparatus includes a programmable data compressor that performs image data compression in accordance with at least two data compression programs. The first image processing apparatus is able to request the second image processing apparatus to transmit to it a compression program stored by said second processing apparatus, which the first image processing apparatus may then use in its own data compressor.