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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2007
Yuzo Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Yuzo Oshima, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is disclosed that includes an input unit that inputs data subject to image processing, an input filter that controls data input operations of the input unit, an output unit that outputs processed data resulting from the image processing, an output filter that controls data output operations of the output unit, and at least one processing filter arranged between the input filter and the output filter that processes the input data. An interruption process or a termination process for stopping the image processing is successively performed within the output filter, the processing filter, and the input filter starting with the output filter.