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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1997
Atsushi Ohtani, Inagi, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Bannai, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processor includes a first write device which serially inputs each of plural kinds of color component data for each pixel, and writes each color component data into a first line buffer for each line. A second write device reads in a unit of a line for each color component data written in the first line buffer, and writes each color component data corresponding to the plural lines into a second line buffer having a storage capacity which is larger than that of the first line buffer. A conversion device performs longitudinal-to-lateral conversion by using each color component data corresponding to the plural lines written in the second buffer. An output device serially outputs a visible image representing each color component data corresponding to the plural lines converted by the conversion device.