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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Kazuyuki Yamauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzo Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuyuki Yamauchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuzo Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A software architecture based on a concept called 'pipes and filters' is applied to an image processing apparatus, thereby simplifying the customization, expansion, etc., of functions. In addition, filters are combined together using a description table in which the combination of the filters is described so as to construct a job, thereby further simplifying the customization, expansion, etc., of functions.