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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Toshio Yoshihara, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/12 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1229 (2013.01); G06F 3/122 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1215 (2013.01); G06F 3/1239 (2013.01); G06F 3/1275 (2013.01); G06F 3/1289 (2013.01); H04N 1/00933 (2013.01); H04N 1/00938 (2013.01); H04N 1/00954 (2013.01); H04N 1/21 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method executed by an apparatus includes receiving selection of a function, and determining whether to perform hardware processing or software processing on the function based on a free space in a storage unit configured to store hardware information relating to the hardware processing on the function and function information relating to the function.