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Discriminating an image data characteristic and controlling storage of the data accordingly

  • US 5,903,360 A
  • Filed: 08/01/1996
  • Issued: 05/11/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

  • reception means for receiving data in a page description language;

    development means for analyzing the received data, and converting the received data into first image data representing a first kind of object and second image data representing a second kind of object;

    change means for changing the first image data into changed first image data based on an overlapping state of the first kind of object and the second kind of object;

    first storage means for storing the changed first image data in a first data format;

    second storage means, different from said first storage means, for storing the second image data in a second data format different from the first data format; and

    synthesis means for reading and synthesizing together the changed first image data stored in said first storage means and the second image data stored in said second storage means.

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