Patent ID: 7969605
Filing Date: 2011-06-28
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A recording apparatus configured to record on a recording medium by using a recording head, the recording apparatus comprising: a first storage unit configured to store a command and a first image data corresponding to the command as one block; a generating unit configured to convert the first image data from the first storage unit and generate a second image data; a second storage unit configured to store the second image data generated in the generating unit; a writing unit configured to write the command and the first image data stored in the first storage unit in a block unit alternately, based on a write pointer used to indicate where the command and the first image data are to be stored in the first storage unit; a reading unit configured to read the first image data stored in the first storage unit based on a first read pointer used to indicate where the first image data is stored and configured to read the command stored in the first storage unit based on a second read pointer used to indicate where the command is stored; a buffer control unit configured to move the second read pointer to a next block such that a region where the first image data is stored in the first storage unit is not accessed, in accordance with a data size of the first image data being included in the command and configured to update a counter for each performance of movement of the second read pointer; a determining unit configured to determine whether a value of the counter reaches a predetermined value; and a recording control unit configured to start a scan of the recording head for recording on the recording medium using the second image data from the second storage unit based on a result of the determining unit.