Patent ID: 6734987
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method performed in a printing process, comprising the steps of:receiving a first polygon object with a corresponding clipping rectangle data and a plurality of corresponding attribute data; storing the attribute data and the clipping rectangle data of the first polygon object; receiving a plurality of polygon objects after the first polygon object with corresponding clipping rectangle data and plurality of corresponding attribute data; comparing the attributes of the plurality of polygon objects after the first polygon object with the attribute data of the first polygon object; determining if the attribute data of the first polygon object and the plurality of polygon objects after the first polygon object are the same; and storing the clipping rectangles of the plurality of polygon objects after the first polygon objects with the same attribute data as the first polygon objects, as a linked list that lists objects having the same attribute data as the first polygon object and links the list to the first polygon object.