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US 6,720,970 B2Granted
Image drawing apparatus, image drawing method and memory medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKenji Nagoya
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Abstract
In order to reduce the frequency of switching of the drawing attribute, the data of the drawing request are classified according to the drawing attribute, and the data are re-arranged in the unit of such classification, whereby the data of a same classification are outputted in succession.
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An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a reception unit, adapted to receive a piece of drawing data;
- a discrimination unit, adapted to discriminate whether the piece of drawing data received by said reception unit is a new-page request;
- a classification unit, adapted to perform an attribute classification process for the piece of drawing data received by said reception unit, if said discrimination unit discriminates that the piece of drawing data is not a new-page request;
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- an output unit, adapted to arrange, based on the attribute classification process performed by said classification unit, a plurality of pieces of the received drawing data in such a sequential order that the number of attribute switching commands decreases, and output the arranged drawing data, if said discrimination unit discriminates that the piece of drawing data is a new-page request.
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An information processing method comprising:
- a reception step, of receiving, by a reception unit, a piece of drawing data;
- a discrimination step, of discriminating whether the piece of drawing data received in said reception step is a new-page request;
- a classification step, of performing an attribute classification process for the piece of drawing data received in said reception step, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is not a new-page request;
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- an output step, of arranging, based on the attribute classification process performed in said classification step, a plurality of pieces of the received drawing data in such a sequential order that the number of attribute switching commands decreases, and output the arranged drawing data, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is a new-page request.
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A computer-readable memory medium storing a program to execute an information processing method, said program comprising:
- code for a reception step, of receiving, by a reception unit, a piece of drawing data;
- code for a discrimination step, of discriminating whether the piece of drawing data received in said reception step is a new-page request;
- code for a classification step, drawing data received, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is not a new-page request;
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- code for an output step, of arranging, based on the attribute classification process performed in said classification step, a plurality of pieces of the received drawing data in such a sequential order that the number of attribute switching commands decreases, and output the arranged drawing data, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is a new-page request.
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A program product for executing an information processing method, said program product comprising:
- code for a reception step, of receiving a piece of drawing data;
- code for a discrimination step, of discriminating whether the piece of drawing data received in said reception step is a new-page request;
- code for a classification step, drawing data received, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is not a new-page request;
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- code for an output step, of arranging, based on the attribute classification process performed in said classification step, a plurality of pieces of the received drawing data in such a sequential order that the number of attribute switching commands decreases, and output the arranged drawing data, if it is discriminated in said discrimination step that the piece of drawing data is a new-page request.
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