An image processing apparatus easily and reliably realizes complicated 1-line
processing by a simple method, and controls accumulation period for respective
colors without any particular function such as shutters on the line sensor side.
One line period is divided into a reading section for reading valid image data,
a dummy section for sweeping electric charge accumulated in the reading section
and for synchronization, and a section for setting accumulation periods for the
respective colors. In the reading section, the line sensor is driven by a necessary
transfer frequency, and in the other sections, the sensor is driven at a high speed.