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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2000
John Thomas Varga, Longmont, CO (US);
Christopher Starbuck Kush, Longmont, CO (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system, method and program for merging objects for raster presentation are described. In response to receipt of an input data set including a plurality of objects intended for raster presentation, the system divides the data set into a plurality of scan regions and determines if a predetermined number of objects per scan line set is exceeded by the plurality of objects. In response to a determination that the predetermined number of objects per set of scan lines is exceeded, the system merges only a portion of a first object among the plurality of objects with at least a portion of a second object among the plurality of objects, where the portion of the first object and the portion of the second object are defined by a particular scan region among the plurality of scan regions.