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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Kazuyoshi Kegasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Kazuyoshi Kegasawa, Matsumoto, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a plurality of image processing units each of which is disposed so as to correspond to each of partial images and processes data of each of pixels composing the partial image with reference to data of peripheral pixels of the pixel, wherein the plurality of image processing units includes at least a first image processing unit which use data of pixels composing other partial images adjacent to a first partial image as the data of the peripheral pixels for the image processing on a first partial image, and a second image processing unit which performs the image processing on a second partial image and brokers data of pixels treated as the peripheral pixels by the first image processing unit from an image processing unit which processes the other partial image to the first image processing unit.