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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Hiroyuki Yaguchi, Inagi, JP;
Ryosuke Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Hideto Kohtani, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyoshi Yoshida, Fujisawa, JP;
Masao Watanabe, Kawasaki, JP;
Akihito Mori, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Takiyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Katsunari Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Tadashi Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsuyoshi Moriyama, Hachioji, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a read unit for reading a document sheet to generate image data, a data compression unit for compressing the image data generated by the read unit, a prediction unit for predicting data amount after the compression for the image data to be compressed by the data compression unit and a control unit for controlling the reading of the document sheet by the read means in accordance with the prediction result by the prediction means.