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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Miki Kouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Miki Kouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshinori Furuichi, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Noguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuo Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Kakoi, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A disclosed image formation apparatus includes: an operation unit allowing input of reading conditions of image data; an input unit reading the image data in accordance with the reading conditions input via the operation unit; a first storage unit storing the image data read by the input unit; a second storage unit storing correspondence relation between the reading conditions and predicted data amount of the image data to be stored in the first storage unit; a data amount prediction unit predicting data amount of the image data to be read based on the reading conditions and the correspondence relation stored in the second storage unit; and a judgment unit judging whether to perform reading of the image data based on the predicted data amount and an available capacity of the first storage unit.