Patent
1992-09-03
1995-12-26
Powell, Mark R.
395114, 395115, 395110, G06K 1500
Patent
active
054795877
ABSTRACT:
A peripheral unit converts an input data flow to page-arranged outputs and includes a random access memory capacity that is insufficient in size to accommodate an entire page of raster data. The peripheral unit also includes a processor and a control memory that holds a plurality of data compression procedures, each procedure exhibiting a different performance characteristic. The peripheral unit performs a method for compressing portions of the input data flow that includes the steps of: allocating the random access memory to portions of the input data flow; determining when an insufficient amount of random access memory is available for such allocation; employing a first data compression procedure on the input data flow portions to produce a compressed data portion; testing the compressed data portion to determine if a level of compression has been achieved that exceeds a threshold and, if not, employing succeeding data compression procedures and repeating the test for each procedure against a threshold, whereby the compression procedure that first enables a threshold level of compression to be achieved is the compression procedure employed to compress the data flow portion. Improved compression methods and techniques for handling input data flows with both integral and independent image descriptors are also described.
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Berge Thomas G.
Campbell Russ
Nelson Terry M.
Zimmerman Gary
Hewlett--Packard Company
Legree Tracy M.
Powell Mark R.
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