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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Applicant:
Takafumi Shimmoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Takafumi Shimmoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A disclosed image processing apparatus executes an application relevant to image processing. The image processing apparatus includes a request analyzing layer configured to analyze a user-specified request requesting a service; and a workflow control layer configured to control a workflow corresponding to the service in response to a request requesting execution of the service received from the request analyzing layer, the workflow causing one or more function process units to be combined and to serve as application.