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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2012
Hiroyuki Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Hidenori Shindo, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit in an image processing apparatus performs control as follows. The storage unit stores image data in a first format and image data in a second format for a particular application, into which the image data in the first format is converted by the converting unit, at image input. When the image data is to be used by a first application which is same as the particular application in a first apparatus of the same model as the image processing apparatus, a communication unit transfers the stored image data in the second format to the first apparatus. When the image data is to be used by a second application different from the particular application, the communication unit transfers image data in a format for the second application, into which the converting unit converts the stored image data in the first format, to the first apparatus.