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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2023
Walter F. Kailey, Frederick, CO (US);
Florin Neagu, Timisoara, RO;
Walter F. Kailey, Frederick, CO (US);
Florin Neagu, Timisoara, RO;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bit plane converter and associated methods. In an embodiment, the bit plane converter is configured to receive a first bit plane comprising low-order bits for an array of pixels, and a second bit plane comprising higher-order bits for the pixels. The bit plane converter is configured to perform an interleave process on the pixels to generate bit fields for the pixels by processing low nibbles of a low-order word and the low nibbles of a higher-order word using a lookup table to generate a bitwise interleaved low nibble vector, processing high nibbles of the low-order word and the high nibbles of the higher-order word using the lookup table to generate a bitwise interleaved high nibble vector, and interleaving bytes of the bitwise interleaved low nibble vector with bytes of the bitwise interleaved high nibble vector to generate a bitwise interleaved vector.