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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Robert Thomas Westervelt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen Laurence Schafer, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth Allen Schmidt, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Eric Random, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Alan D. Curtis, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
David Joseph Chura, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Robert Thomas Westervelt, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Stephen Laurence Schafer, Irvine, CA (US);
Kenneth Allen Schmidt, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Eric Random, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Alan D. Curtis, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
David Joseph Chura, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Kyocera Mita Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating pixelmap images for output to a raster device. The method and apparatus support scheduling and rendering bands, pages or planes from a job using multiple graphics processors and an array of buffers from an intermediate graphic order storage medium. The graphics orders are generated by a graphics order generator subsystem.