IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM

Abstract

An input receiving unit receives an input of image data as either a reuse data format with an undefined output destination or a re-output data format with a defined output destination. An image processing unit performs a different image processing on the image data depending on a type of received data format. An accumulating unit accumulates the image data, on which an image processing is performed by the image processing unit, in the received data format in a storage unit.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the configuration of an MFP according to a first embodiment;

FIG. 2 is a drawing for explaining, for each item, a difference between a reuse data format and a re-output data format for use in the MFP according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 3 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment accumulates image data in a storage device as a reuse data format and outputs the image data;

FIG. 4 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment accumulates image data in the storage device as a re-output data format and outputs the image data;

FIG. 5 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment outputs image data to the output destination without accumulating the image data in the storage device;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a procedure until accumulating image data in the storage device of the MFP according to the first embodiment and outputting the image data to the output destination;

FIG. 7 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment outputs, according to the output destination, image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the storage device;

FIG. 8 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment outputs image data as the re-output data format accumulated in the storage device;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a procedure until outputting the image data accumulated in the MFP according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 10 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until the MFP according to the first embodiment accumulates image data in the reuse data format and image-area separation data separated from the image data in the storage device and outputs the image data according to the output destination;

FIG. 11 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until performing image processing on image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the MFP according to the first embodiment and then outputting the result to a plurality of output destinations;

FIG. 12 is a drawing for explaining the configuration and order for use until an MFP according to a second embodiment reads image data in the re-output data format and bibliographic information from a storage device and performs image processing and output processing according to settings stored in the bibliographic information; and

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a hardware configuration of the MFP.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising: an input receiving unit that receives an input of image data as either a reuse data format with an undefined output destination or a re-output data format with a defined output destination;an image processing unit that performs a different image processing on the image data depending on a type of received data format; andan accumulating unit that accumulates the image data, on which an image processing is performed by the image processing unit, in the received data format in a storage unit.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a specification receiving unit that receives a specification of either the reuse data format or the re-output data format as a classification of the image data, wherein the input receiving unit receives the input of the image data in either the reuse data format or the re-output data format according to received specification.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit converts the image data for which the input is received as the reuse data format into a predetermined format independent of an output destination.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising: an output-destination receiving unit that receives an output destination for the image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the storage unit;a reading unit that reads the image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the storage unit; anda subsequent-stage image processing unit that converts read image data into a format suitable for received output destination.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising an output processing unit that outputs the image data converted into the format suitable for the received output destination to the received output destination.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the output-destination receiving unit receives a plurality of output destinations for the image data in the reuse data format, andthe subsequent-stage image processing unit converts the image data into a format suitable for each of the output destinations.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an image-area separating unit that separates the image data for which the input is received as the reuse date format into different areas, wherein the accumulating unit further accumulates image-area separation data obtained from a separation of the image data by the image-area separating unit, in association with the image data in the reuse data format in the storage unit.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: an output-destination receiving unit that receives an output destination for the image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the storage unit;a reading unit that reads the image data in the reuse data format accumulated in the storage unit; anda subsequent-stage image processing unit that converts read image data into a format suitable for received output destination, whereinthe subsequent image processing unit performs an image processing on the image data in the reuse data format with a different setting value for each of the areas by using the image-area separation data.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output-destination receiving unit that receives an output destination for the image data, wherein the image processing unit converts the image data for which the input is received as the re-output data format into a format suitable for received output destination.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a reading unit that reads the image data in the re-output data format accumulated in the storage unit; andan output processing unit that outputs read image data to the received output destination.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the accumulating unit accumulates bibliographic information including a setting to be performed at a time of outputting the image data in association with the image data in the re-output data format, andthe image processing apparatus further comprises a bibliographic information processing unit that performs the setting included in accumulated bibliographic information at the time of outputting the image data in the re-output data format.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the accumulating unit accumulates the bibliographic information including the received output destination,the bibliographic information processing unit sets an output destination for the image data in the re-output data format from the accumulated bibliographic information, andthe output processing unit outputs the image data to set output destination.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the accumulating unit accumulates the bibliographic information further including information indicating an image processing to be performed on the image data in the re-output data format after reading the image data,the bibliographic information processing unit sets an image processing to be performed on the image data in the re-output data format from the accumulated bibliographic information, andthe image processing apparatus further comprises a subsequent-stage image processing unit performs set image processing on the image data in the re-output data format.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit that edits, when an input of image data on which an image processing is performed by the image processing unit is received as the re-output data format, the image data before the accumulating unit accumulates the image data in the storage unit.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an editing unit that edits, when an input of image data on which an image processing is performed by the image processing unit is received as the reuse data format, the image data after the image data is read from the storage unit.

16. An image processing method comprising: receiving an input of image data as either a reuse data format with an undefined output destination or a re-output data format with a defined output destination;performing a different image processing on the image data depending on a type of received data format; andaccumulating the image data, on which an image processing is performed at the performing, in the received data format in a storage unit.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program codes embodied in the medium that when executed cause a computer to execute: receiving an input of image data as either a reuse data format with an undefined output destination or a re-output data format with a defined output destination;performing a different image processing on the image data depending on a type of received data format; andaccumulating the image data, on which an image processing is performed at the performing, in the received data format in a storage unit.