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US 12,169,746 B2Granted
High-speed printer video interface using a high-definition media interface (HDMI)
AssigneeFiery, LLC
InventorsLeon Calvin Williams, Patrick H. Wood
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Abstract
A system uses GPU accessible, high-speed memory to store compressed or raw video printer data. The system transmits this video data over one or more frames of an HDMI interface and a circuit reconstructs the video data for a page from one or more HDMI frames for communication to a printer.
Claims4
A method, comprising:
- using GPU accessible, high-speed memory to store compressed or raw video printer data;
- transmitting said video data over one or more frames of an HDMI interface;
- said HDMI interface any of:
- transmitting a standard frame size multiple times a second to represent a full page print image;
- and
- using multiple HDMI frames to represent a single page on a printer;
- and
- reconstructing the video data for a page from said one or more HDMI frames for communication to a printer.
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A printer interface, comprising:
- a GPU accessible, high-speed memory configured to store compressed or raw video printer data;
- an HDMI transmitter configured to transmit said video data over one or more frames of an HDMI interface;
- wherein any of:
- said HDMI transmitter transmits a standard frame size multiple times a second to represent motion;
- and
- multiple HDMI frames represent a single page on a printer;
- and
- an HDMI receiver configured to reconstruct the video data for a page from said one or more HDMI frames for communication to a printer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.