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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2006
Akira Murakata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Hikita, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Yamamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeharu Tone, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Murakata, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiya Hikita, Tokyo, JP;
Takumi Nozawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimi Yamamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Togami, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeharu Tone, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukihiko Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image forming apparatus includes an image scanning unit configured to generate image data by converting light reflected from an optically scanned printed page into electrical signals; an interface configured to receive image data from an external apparatus; an expansion bus to which the image scanning unit and the interface are connected; a bus control unit configured to control the expansion bus; an image data storage unit configured to store the image data; at least one image processing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to perform an image processing operation on the image data; a task management unit configured to send an image processing request to the image processing unit; and an image writing unit connected to the expansion bus and configured to print the image data on which the image processing operation has been performed by the image processing unit.