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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Paul William Morrison, St Clair, AU;
David Robert James Monaghan, Eastwood, AU;
Edward James Iskenderian, Pendle Hill, AU;
Paul William Morrison, St Clair, AU;
David Robert James Monaghan, Eastwood, AU;
Edward James Iskenderian, Pendle Hill, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method of rasterizing a page comprising a plurality of graphic objects. The method obtains a plurality of pixel-aligned object edges () of the graphic objects (), and determining a pixel generation path () for the plurality of graphic objects. The method determines a plurality of crossing locations (-) based on the pixel aligned object edges and the pixel generation path, at least one of the crossing locations being a vertical crossing location and at least one other crossing location being a horizontal crossing location, rasterizes the page according to the pixel generation path by updating a fill sequence (-) upon encountering said determined crossing locations.