# US 9,521,273 B2 · Information processing device and recording medium that ensures reduced count of times of band processing

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- Number: US 9,521,273 B2
- Document ID: US9521273B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/952,368
- Filed: 2015-11-25
- Published: 2016-06-02
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2014-11-28
- Assignees: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicants: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Inventors: Daisuke Yoshida; Satoshi Kawakami; Takahiro Minami; Akira Yuki
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9521273B2

## CPC

- H04N 1/00238: {using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer (output via network, e.g. network printing H04N1/00233)}
- G06F 3/12: Digital output to print unit {, e.g. line printer, chain printer}
- G06F 3/1221: {with regard to power consumption}
- G06F 3/1262: {by grouping or ganging jobs}
- G06F 3/1267: {Job repository, e.g. non-scheduled jobs, delay printing}
- G06F 3/1288: {in client-server-printer device configuration}
- G06K 15/1851: {parted in a plurality of segments per page}
- G06K 15/1857: {involving parallel processing in the same printing apparatus}
- H04N 2201/0094: Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
- Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE

## Abstract

An information processing device includes a communication circuit, a storage circuit, a communications control circuit, a spool circuit, a RIP processing circuit, a matching circuit, and a grouping circuit. The RIP processing circuit rasterizes the stored one or more pieces of document data to generate one or more pieces of rasterized data. The matching circuit performs matching processing of the generated one or more pieces of rasterized data. The grouping circuit groups pieces of rasterized data with an identical content one another among the one or more pieces of rasterized data based on the result of the matching processing. The communications control circuit transmits the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to an image forming apparatus by each of the groups via the communication circuit.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An information processing device, comprising:
a communication circuit;
a storage circuit;
a communications control circuit that accepts on or more print job received from outside via the communication circuit;
a spool circuit that causes the storage circuit to store one or more pieces of document data, the one or more pieces of document data being each included in the accepted one or more print job;
a RIP processing circuit that rasterizes the stored one or more pieces of document data to generate one or more pieces of rasterized data, the one or more pieces of rasterized data corresponding to the stored one or more pieces of document data, respectively;
a matching circuit that performs matching processing of the generated one or more pieces of rasterized data; and
a grouping circuit that groups pieces of rasterized data, corresponding to different places of document data, with an identical content among the one or more pieces of rasterized data based on the result of the matching processing;
wherein the communications control circuit transmits the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to an image forming apparatus by each of the groups via the communication circuit,
wherein the grouping circuit generates any one of pieces of rasterized data to indicate the content and count information to indicate a count of the pieces of rasterized data constituting the group when the grouping circuit groups the rasterized data, corresponding to the different pieces of document data, with the identical content, and
wherein the communications control circuit transmits the generated one piece of rasterized data to indicate the content and the count information to indicate the count of the pieces of rasterized data constituting the group to the image forming apparatus by each of the groups.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The information processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a setting condition management circuit that causes the communications control circuit to transmit the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to the image forming apparatus by each of the groups when a specific condition is satisfied.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The information processing device according to claim 2,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a count of the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data has reached a count of data set.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The information processing device according to claim 2,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a total amount of the one or more pieces of rasterized data has reached a capacity set.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The information processing device according to claim 2,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a time to transmit the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to the image forming apparatus has come.

### Claim 6

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information processing program, the information processing program causing an information processing device to function as:
a communication circuit;
a storage circuit;
a communications control circuit that accepts one or more print job received from outside via the communication circuit;
a spool circuit that causes the storage circuit to store one or more pieces of document data, the one or more pieces of document data being each included in the accepted one or more print job;
a RIP processing circuit that rasterizes the stored one or more pieces of document data to generate one or more pieces or rasterized data, the one or more pieces of rasterized data corresponding to the stored one or more pieces of document data, respectively;
a matching circuit that performs matching processing of the generated one or more pieces of rasterized data; and
a grouping circuit that groups pieces of rasterized data, corresponding to different pieces of document data, with an identical content among the one or more pieces of rasterized data based on the result of the matching processing;
wherein the communications control circuit transmits the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to an image forming apparatus by each of the groups via the communication circuit;
wherein the grouping circuit generates any one of pieces of rasterized data to indicate the content and count information to indicate a count of the pieces of rasterized data constituting the group when the grouping circuit groups the rasterized data, corresponding to the different pieces of document data, with the identical content, and
wherein the communications control circuit transmits the generated one piece of rasterized data to indicate the content and the count information to indicate the count of the pieces of rasterized data constituting the group to the image forming apparatus by each of the groups.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 6,
wherein the information processing program causing an information processing device to function as a setting condition management circuit that causes the communications control circuit to transmit the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to the image forming apparatus by each of the groups when a specific condition is satisfied.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a count of the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data has reached a count of data set.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a total amount of the one or more pieces of rasterized data has reached a capacity set.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7,
wherein the specific condition indicates that a time to transmit the grouped one or more pieces of rasterized data to the image forming apparatus has come.