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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2005
Applicants:
Vincent Groarke, Cork, IE;
Timothy Jan Schmidt, Barcelona, ES;
Inventors:
Vincent Groarke, Cork, IE;
Timothy Jan Schmidt, Barcelona, ES;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/405 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method () of generating a representation of a page () to be rendered is disclosed. The page () comprises one or more graphic objects (), each being defined by two or more edges bounding a fill. The method () operates by partitioning the page () into a plurality of regions, each region having a corresponding sequence of fills adapted to be composited to generate a colour for each pixel location within the region upon rendering. Then, the representation is generated such that at least two regions reference a common fill sequence.