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Image processor with conditional bit map store

  • US 6,462,833 B1
  • Filed: 02/25/1999
  • Issued: 10/08/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An imaging system comprising:

  • (a) a memory; and

    (b) a processor that performs a method for managing utilization of the memory, the method comprising;

    forming a decomposition of provided graphic elements, the decomposition comprising graphic primitives, the decomposition occupying a first portion of the memory;

    determining an estimate of a system resource utilization that would be incurred with a step of rendering;

    determining in accordance with the estimate, whether to postpone performance of the step of rendering; and

    rendering the graphic primitives to form bit map data occupying a second portion of the memory thereby permitting reuse of the first portion of the memory.

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