公开(公告)号：US06804401B2

公开(公告)日：2004-10-12

申请号：US09727733

申请日：2000-12-04

申请人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet ,  Remo J. D'Ortenzio

发明人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet ,  Remo J. D'Ortenzio

IPC分类号： G06K936

CPC分类号： G06T9/00 ,  H04N1/3333 ,  H04N1/41 ,  H04N2201/33357

摘要： A method for digital image compression of a raster image is disclosed which uses different compression methods for selected parts of the image and which dynamically adjusts compression and segmentation parameters to control tradeoff of image quality and compression. The image is encoded into a single data stream for efficient handling by disk, memory and I/O systems. This system provides a stable feedback loop that manages to a fine granularity (typically 8×8 pixel blocks) the compression of image data so as to be compliant with a plurality of compression constraints; the management of an incremental bias toward more aggressive compression that selectively applies the more aggressive compression methods to blocks that are the most tolerant with respect to visible artifacts; and the adjustable segmentation and compression parameters used to control the image compression.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于光栅图像的数字图像压缩的方法，其对图像的所选部分使用不同的压缩方法，并且其动态地调整压缩和分割参数以控制图像质量和压缩的权衡。 图像被编码成单个数据流，以便由磁盘，存储器和I / O系统进行有效的处理。 该系统提供稳定的反馈回路，其对图像数据的压缩进行精细粒度（通常为8×8像素块），以便符合多个压缩约束; 对更积极的压缩的增量偏倚的管理，其选择性地将更积极的压缩方法应用于对于可见伪像是最宽容的块; 以及用于控制图像压缩的可调分割和压缩参数。

公开(公告)号：US08144355B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-27

申请号：US12647117

申请日：2009-12-24

申请人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet

发明人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  G06K1/00 ,  H04N1/40

CPC分类号： G06T11/40 ,  G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/1242 ,  G06F3/1247

摘要： A method receives, at a processor of a printing apparatus, a variable information print job. The variable information print job is processed into upper planes of the record-specific objects, upper planes of the reusable objects, lower planes of the record-specific objects, and lower planes of the reusable objects. The method stores such objects within a storage medium of the printing apparatus. The method combines ones of the compressed upper planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed upper planes of the reusable objects corresponding to the record of the variable information print job using the processor to create a single compressed upper plane for the record within an output buffer of the printing apparatus and creates an ordered list (corresponding to the record) of lower plane tiles by assembling the compressed lower planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed lower plane reusable objects. The method performs a printing operation for the record of the variable information print job by decompressing multiple ones of the lower plane tiles in a predetermined order to form a lower plane of the record into an output raster page, decompressing the single compressed upper plane of the record into the output raster page, and outputting the output raster page to a printing engine of the printing apparatus to print the record of the variable information print job on print media.

摘要翻译： 一种方法在打印设备的处理器处接收可变信息打印作业。 可变信息打印作业被处理成记录特定对象的上平面，可重用对象的上平面，记录特定对象的下平面以及可重复使用对象的下平面。 该方法将这些对象存储在打印设备的存储介质内。 该方法将记录特定对象的压缩上层平面和与可变信息打印作业的记录相对应的可再利用对象的压缩上平面与处理器相结合，以在输出内创建用于记录的单个压缩上层平面 打印装置的缓冲器，并且通过组装记录特定对象的压缩下平面和压缩的下平面可重用对象来创建下平面瓦片的有序列表（对应于记录）。 该方法通过以预定顺序对多个下平面瓦片进行解压缩来执行用于记录可变信息打印作业的打印操作，以将记录的下平面形成为输出光栅页面，对单个压缩的上平面进行解压缩 记录到输出光栅页面中，并将输出光栅页输出到打印设备的打印引擎，以在打印介质上打印可变信息打印作业的记录。

公开(公告)号：US08493612B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-23

申请号：US12696194

申请日：2010-01-29

申请人： James M. Sweet ,  William E. Nelson

发明人： James M. Sweet ,  William E. Nelson

IPC分类号： G06K15/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/02

摘要： A method and system for predicting expansion difficulty and an expansion time required to perform print-time imaging operations. A print-ready compressed file may be generated by raster image processing of a job description file associated with a rendering job provided by a digital front end. The expansion time with respect to one or more expansion processes may be predicted by a linear equation during assembly of the compressed file. The linear equation may be formulated based on measured compression statistics that relate to profile data within the compressed file. The total expansion time with respect to the rendering job may be then computed by summing the results of the linear equations. The expansion time to perform the print-time imaging operations may be compared with an available time based on an image output terminal speed to improve performance of raster image processing.

摘要翻译： 一种用于预测执行打印时成像操作所需的扩展难度和扩展时间的方法和系统。 可以通过与由数字前端提供的呈现作业相关联的作业描述文件的光栅图像处理来生成打印就绪压缩文件。 相对于一个或多个扩展过程的扩展时间可以通过在压缩文件的组装期间的线性方程来预测。 可以基于与压缩文件内的简档数据相关的测量的压缩统计量来形成线性方程式。 然后可以通过对线性方程的结果相加来计算相对于再现作业的总扩展时间。 可以基于图像输出端速度将执行打印时成像操作的扩展时间与可用时间进行比较，以提高光栅图像处理的性能。

公开(公告)号：US20110157619A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-30

申请号：US12647117

申请日：2009-12-24

申请人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet

发明人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/40 ,  G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/122 ,  G06F3/1242 ,  G06F3/1247

摘要： A method receives, at a processor of a printing apparatus, a variable information print job. The variable information print job is processed into upper planes of the record-specific objects, upper planes of the reusable objects, lower planes of the record-specific objects, and lower planes of the reusable objects. The method stores such objects within a storage medium of the printing apparatus. The method combines ones of the compressed upper planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed upper planes of the reusable objects corresponding to the record of the variable information print job using the processor to create a single compressed upper plane for the record within an output buffer of the printing apparatus and creates an ordered list (corresponding to the record) of lower plane tiles by assembling the compressed lower planes of the record-specific objects and the compressed lower plane reusable objects. The method performs a printing operation for the record of the variable information print job by decompressing multiple ones of the lower plane tiles in a predetermined order to form a lower plane of the record into an output raster page, decompressing the single compressed upper plane of the record into the output raster page, and outputting the output raster page to a printing engine of the printing apparatus to print the record of the variable information print job on print media.

摘要翻译： 一种方法在打印设备的处理器处接收可变信息打印作业。 可变信息打印作业被处理成记录特定对象的上平面，可重用对象的上平面，记录特定对象的下平面以及可重复使用对象的下平面。 该方法将这些对象存储在打印设备的存储介质内。 该方法将记录特定对象的压缩上层平面和与可变信息打印作业的记录相对应的可再利用对象的压缩上平面与处理器相结合，以在输出内创建用于记录的单个压缩上层平面 打印装置的缓冲器，并且通过组装记录特定对象的压缩下平面和压缩的下平面可重用对象来创建下平面瓦片的有序列表（对应于记录）。 该方法通过以预定顺序对多个下平面瓦片进行解压缩来执行用于记录可变信息打印作业的打印操作，以将记录的下平面形成为输出光栅页面，对单个压缩的上平面进行解压缩 记录到输出光栅页面中，并将输出光栅页输出到打印设备的打印引擎，以在打印介质上打印可变信息打印作业的记录。

公开(公告)号：US20110188062A1

公开(公告)日：2011-08-04

申请号：US12696194

申请日：2010-01-29

申请人： James M. Sweet ,  William E. Nelson

发明人： James M. Sweet ,  William E. Nelson

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/02

摘要： A method and system for predicting expansion difficulty and an expansion time required to perform print-time imaging operations. A print-ready compressed file may be generated by raster image processing of a job description file associated with a rendering job provided by a digital front end. The expansion time with respect to one or more expansion processes may be predicted by a linear equation during assembly of the compressed file. The linear equation may be formulated based on measured compression statistics that relate to profile data within the compressed file. The total expansion time with respect to the rendering job may be then computed by summing the results of the linear equations. The expansion time to perform the print-time imaging operations may be compared with an available time based on an image output terminal speed to improve performance of raster image processing.

摘要翻译： 一种用于预测执行打印时成像操作所需的扩展难度和扩展时间的方法和系统。 可以通过与由数字前端提供的呈现作业相关联的作业描述文件的光栅图像处理来生成打印就绪压缩文件。 相对于一个或多个扩展过程的扩展时间可以通过在压缩文件的组装期间的线性方程来预测。 可以基于与压缩文件内的简档数据相关的测量的压缩统计量来形成线性方程式。 然后可以通过对线性方程的结果相加来计算相对于再现作业的总扩展时间。 可以基于图像输出端速度将执行打印时成像操作的扩展时间与可用时间进行比较，以提高光栅图像处理的性能。

公开(公告)号：US06650261B2

公开(公告)日：2003-11-18

申请号：US10175242

申请日：2002-06-18

申请人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet ,  Norman W. Zeck ,  Ronald E. Rider

发明人： William E. Nelson ,  James M. Sweet ,  Norman W. Zeck ,  Ronald E. Rider

IPC分类号： H03M700

CPC分类号： G06T9/005 ,  H03M7/3086

摘要： An improved sliding window dictionary-based compression method limits the data within the sliding window searched to data strings occurring at each discrete match location within a plurality of predefined discrete match locations, the plurality of predefined discrete match locations comprising a set of non-continuous data positions within the window of data.

摘要翻译： 改进的基于滑动窗口字典的压缩方法将搜索到的滑动窗口内的数据限制在多个预定离散匹配位置内的每个离散匹配位置处出现的数据串，所述多个预定离散匹配位置包括一组非连续数据 数据窗口内的位置。

公开(公告)号：US08934121B2

公开(公告)日：2015-01-13

申请号：US13012029

申请日：2011-01-24

申请人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet

发明人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet

IPC分类号： G06F15/00 ,  G06F3/12

CPC分类号： G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1243 ,  G06F3/1247 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06F2206/1514

摘要： A receiving subsystem receives a print job to be raster image processed. A job splitter divides the print job into print job chunks and distributes the print job chunks to at least two raster image processors. The raster image processors perform raster image processing on corresponding ones of the print job chunks. A cache supervisor coordinates creation use and destruction of said reusable raster image objects by said raster image processors.

摘要翻译： 接收子系统接收要进行光栅图像处理的打印作业。 作业分配器将打印作业分成打印作业块，并将打印作业块分配到至少两个光栅图像处理器。 光栅图像处理器对相应的打印作业块执行光栅图像处理。 缓存管理器通过所述光栅图像处理器协调对所述可再利用光栅图像对象的创建使用和销毁。

公开(公告)号：US09052854B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-09

申请号：US13435412

申请日：2012-03-30

申请人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet ,  Stephen C. Morgana

发明人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet ,  Stephen C. Morgana

IPC分类号： G06F3/12 ,  G06K15/02

CPC分类号： G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06K15/02

摘要： A parallel Raster Image Processor system that includes a plurality of Raster Image Processors (RIPs) for parallel processing of a print job into a printer-ready format for the printing of the print job and a splitter for splitting the print job into a plurality of chunks and sending the chunks of the job to the plurality of the RIPs for processing. The print job includes objects described in a page description language. The splitter is configured to: interpret the job to determine the objects required by each of the plurality of the RIPs to process corresponding received chunks; store the determined objects to maintain knowledge of the determined objects; and send the determined objects along with the corresponding chunks to the designated RIPs to process the corresponding chunks, if the same determined objects are not already with the designated RIPs.

摘要翻译： 并行光栅图像处理器系统，其包括用于将打印作业并行处理成用于打印作业的打印机就绪格式的多个光栅图像处理器（RIP），以及用于将打印作业分割成多个块的分割器 并将所述作业的块发送到所述多个RIP进行处理。 打印作业包括以页面描述语言描述的对象。 分配器被配置为：解释作业以确定多个RIP中的每一个来处理相应的接收块的所需对象; 存储确定的对象以保持所确定对象的知识; 并将确定的对象与相应的块一起发送到指定的RIP，以处理相应的块，如果相同的确定对象尚未具有指定的RIP。

公开(公告)号：US20120188590A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-26

申请号：US13012029

申请日：2011-01-24

申请人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet

发明人： R. Victor Klassen ,  James M. Sweet

IPC分类号： G06F15/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/1211 ,  G06F3/124 ,  G06F3/1243 ,  G06F3/1247 ,  G06F3/1285 ,  G06F2206/1514

摘要： A receiving subsystem receives a print job to be raster image processed. A job splitter divides the print job into print job chunks and distributes the print job chunks to at least two raster image processors. The raster image processors perform raster image processing on corresponding ones of the print job chunks. A cache supervisor coordinates creation use and destruction of said reusable raster image objects by said raster image processors.

摘要翻译： 接收子系统接收要进行光栅图像处理的打印作业。 作业分配器将打印作业分成打印作业块，并将打印作业块分配到至少两个光栅图像处理器。 光栅图像处理器对相应的打印作业块执行光栅图像处理。 缓存管理器通过所述光栅图像处理器协调对所述可再利用光栅图像对象的创建使用和销毁。

公开(公告)号：US09369528B2

公开(公告)日：2016-06-14

申请号：US13858671

申请日：2013-04-08

申请人： Gavan L. Tredoux ,  Shiv Singh Kansingh ,  Roger T. Kramer ,  Premkumar Rajendran ,  James M. Sweet ,  Saurabh Prabhat ,  Richard Steven Born ,  Andrew T. Martin ,  Brandon Scott McComber ,  Khalid Rabb ,  Myriam Martinez ,  Arun Bakthavachalu

发明人： Gavan L. Tredoux ,  Shiv Singh Kansingh ,  Roger T. Kramer ,  Premkumar Rajendran ,  James M. Sweet ,  Saurabh Prabhat ,  Richard Steven Born ,  Andrew T. Martin ,  Brandon Scott McComber ,  Khalid Rabb ,  Myriam Martinez ,  Arun Bakthavachalu

IPC分类号： G06F15/16 ,  H04L29/08

CPC分类号： H04L67/125 ,  H04L67/16 ,  H04L67/34

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for managing extensibility, e.g., on a network of multi-function devices are provided. The system includes an application catalog, in communication with an application database of a catalog server and configured to load applications therefrom. The system also includes a device manager configured to discover one or more devices on a network and to allow selection of one or more selected devices from among the one or more devices. The system further includes a data transfer system in communication with the one or more devices and to cause an application to be transmitted from the application catalog to the one or more selected devices, such that the one or more selected devices receive the application without communicating directly with the application database.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于管理可扩展性的系统，方法和计算机可读介质，例如在多功能设备的网络上。 该系统包括与目录服务器的应用程序数据库通信并被配置为从其加载应用程序的应用程序目录。 该系统还包括被配置为发现网络上的一个或多个设备并允许从一个或多个设备中选择一个或多个所选设备的设备管理器。 该系统还包括与一个或多个设备通信的数据传送系统，并且使应用从应用程序目录传送到一个或多个所选择的设备，使得一个或多个所选设备在不直接通信的情况下接收应用 与应用程序数据库。