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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masami Kashiwazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395101 ; 395140 ; 395501 ; 382141 ; 382209 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus comprises a calculation unit for analyzing information received page by page while dividing the information into a plurality of areas to calculate bit map development time for each area, a discrimination unit for determining whether that area having the longest bit map development time calculated by the calculation unit can be developed into a bit map or not with a presecured minimum capacity of development memory, and a control unit for controlling the capacity of the secured development memory in accordance with that longest bit map development time.