Image information processing apparatus

Claim 2

An image information processing apparatus comprising: inputting means for inputting image information; synthesizing means for synthesizing the image information for a plurality of frames inputted from said inputting means; and coding means for coding the image information synthesized by said synthesizing means.

Claim 3

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing the image information coded by said coding means.

Claim 4

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means includes a plurality of image input units, and said synthesizing means synthesizes the image information inputted form said plurality of image input units.

Claim 5

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of image input units each input image information one line after another, and said synthesizing means synthesizes the image information inputted one line after another from said plurality of image input units.

Claim 6

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said synthesizing means synthesizes the image information serially for each line.

Claim 7

An image information processing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading the main and back surface images of an original; synthesizing means for synthesizing the main and back surface images of an original read by said reading means; processing means for processing the main and back surface images synthesized by said synthesizing means as a unitary set of image information.

Claim 8

An image information processing apparatus comprising: reading means for reading the main and back surface images of an original; synthesizing means for synthesizing the main and back surface images of an original read by said reading means; processing means for processing the main and back surface images synthesized by said synthesizing means as a unitary set of image information.

Claim 9

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said processing means includes means for coding the image information synthesized by said synthesizing means.

Claim 10

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said processing means includes means for storing as one unit the synthesized image information of the main and back surfaces into a storage medium.

Claim 11

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said reading means includes a first reading unit for reading the main surface image of an original and a second reading unit for reading the back surface image of the original.

Claim 12

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said first and second reading units each read an image one line after another, and said synthesizing means synthesizes the main surface image for one line and the back surface image for one line.

Claim 13

An image information processing apparatus comprising: inputting means for inputting the image information of the main and back surface images of an original; retrieval information generating means for generating retrieval information for the image information inputted from said inputting means; storing means for storing the image information and retrieval information in a storage medium; retrieving means for retrieving the image information stored by said storing means in accordance with said retrieval information; and processing means for processing the image information of the main and back surface images of the original inputted from said inputting means by storing as one unit said image information in said storage medium; wherein said retrieving means retrieves the main and back surface image information of one sheet of the original in accordance with a single retrieval information.

Claim 14

An image information processing apparatus comprising: inputting means for inputting the image information of the main and back surface images of an original; retrieval information generating means for generating retrieval information for the image information inputted from said inputting means; storing means for storing the image information and retrieval information in a storage medium; retrieving means for retrieving the image information stored by said storing means in accordance with said retrieval information; and processing means for processing the image information of the main and back surface images of the original inputted from said inputting means by storing as one unit said image information in said storage medium; wherein said retrieving means retrieves the main and back surface image information of one sheet of the original in accordance with a single retrieval information.

Claim 15

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said processing means includes means for collectively compressing the main and back surface image information of the original.

Claim 16

An image information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the main and back surface image information inputted by said inputted means is read with original reading means.