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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2001
Kok Tjoan Lie, South Hurstville, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The apparatus for processing pixels of a digital image comprises an image processor ( ) for processing the pixels, wherein the image processor ( ) comprises a plurality of color output channels . The apparatus further comprises a controller ( ) for configuring the image processor ( ) to operate in a first color processing mode or a second color processing mode. The image processor ( ) during the first color processing mode, processes pixels each having one or more pixel color components and outputs therefrom one said pixel at a time by outputting said one or more pixel color components on corresponding color output channels ( ). The image processor ( ) during the second color processing mode, processes pixels each having one pixel color component and outputs therefrom one or more pixels at a time by outputting corresponding one pixel color components on corresponding color output channels ( ).