Inventors:
James Glenn Bearss - Boise ID, US
Judd E. Heape - Dallas TX, US
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated - Dallas TX
International Classification:
G06F 15/00
G06F 13/00
US Classification:
358 116, 358 115, 358 113, 358 114, 358 117, 358 118, 358302, 3482072, 3482071, 34820711
Abstract:
The processor enhanced memory module PEMM can be incorporated into the hardcopy image processing pipeline of existing printer controllers by using the smart memory model. Here the data generated from RISC based PDL interpretation or pre-rasterized data can be processed in an accelerated fashion into page bit maps, color space converted, and compressed by the PEMM. Since the DSP on the PEMM is programmable, the resolution, color space, and type of compression along with other printer specific processing can have formats other than those determined by the fixed functionality of the ASIC devices present in the pipeline.