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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2001
Applicants:
Yoshiko Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Makita, Shizuoka, JP;
Osamu Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/82 (2006.01); G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06K 1/18 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Input and output units using different signal processing systems cannot be connected to a single image input apparatus. On the basis of the signal format of image data acquired by the input unit and the signal format of image data that can be processed by the output unit, the signal format of image data to be supplied from the input unit to the output unit is controlled.