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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
May. 04, 1998
Satoru Kuwabara, Ogaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a memory for storing image data which includes plural groups of image data, each group of image data corresponding to a line of pixels arranged in a primary scanning direction which is perpendicular to a secondary scanning direction. The image processing apparatus further includes a writing reduction circuit for reducing the image in secondary scanning direction by deleting selected groups of image data before storing the set of image data in the memory, and a reading reduction-enlargement circuit for enlarging the image in said another scanning direction and for reducing or enlarging the image in said one scanning direction at the time of reading out the stored set of image data from the memory.