Patent ID: 8300918
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A defect inspection apparatus configured for inspecting a defect in run-length data to be used for drawing of a figure, comprising: an input data acquisition part configured for acquiring input data describing a figure to be drawn; a run-length data acquisition part configured for acquiring said run-length data by performing a raster imaging processing (RIP) process on said input data; and a defect detection part configured for comparing said input data with said run-length data to detect a difference area as a defect area in said run-length data when it is found; wherein said defect detection part comprises a data format conversion part configured for performing a predetermined conversion process on at least one of said input data and said run-length data to make the data formats of both data comparable, and wherein the defect inspection apparatus further comprises a repair part configured for repairing said defect area to acquire repaired run-length data when the defect area is detected in said run-length data.