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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1999
Danjie Pan, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Chong-Hing Cheung, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Viewahead Technology, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A digital image printer that performs bit rotation and row alignment in preparation for final image reproduction. The present invention combines the two digital image data processing functions of bit rotation and row alignment into a single functional step. The two functions are performed simultaneously, in that, while row alignment is being performed during the deposition of a portion of the digital image data into a certain portion of a group of memory buffers, bit rotation is performed by extracting another portion of the digital image data from another portion of a group of memory buffers. The present invention reduces the number of required digital image data memory buffers required to perform the two functions of bit rotation and row alignment from conventional systems that perform the two functions sequentially and utilize a direct memory access channel to perform the data transfer between integrated circuitry that performs the two functions. The present invention presents a design that is inherently scaleable to accommodate any variety of digital image printing systems having various mechanical and electrical characteristics. The present invention does not require any digital image data preprocessing by a host before receiving the digital image data in preparation for digital image reproduction.