A color image processing apparatus includes line sensors and an A/D converter for entering color-sequential image data in which plural color component signals are sequentially arranged, a first converter for converting the color-sequential image data into parallel image data, a color image processor...http://www.google.com/patents/US5060059?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5060059 - Color image processing apparatus for converting color-sequential image data into color-parallel image data