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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2011
Hidenori Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuta Saitoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
As described above, the image processing apparatus scans an original document into scanned image data, and converts the scanned image data into converted image data having a data format that is suitable for a first process requested by a first processing request. In prior to receiving a subsequent processing request that follows the first processing request, the image processing apparatus generates converted image data from the scanned image data, which has a data format other than the data format of the converted image data generated for the first process, and stores the converted image data in a storage device. After the first process is executed, the image processing apparatus obtains the converted image data having a data format that is suitable for a subsequent process requested by a subsequent processing request, from the storage device, to perform the subsequent process.