Patent ID: 7912324
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of transferring code of a structured document comprising background and at least one set of foreground and mask, to an image reproducing unit which reproduces a document image from the structured document code, comprising: for each set of foreground and mask, performing a control by a computer, to give priority to a code of the mask over a code of the foreground; performing the control to transfer the structured document code having a single set of the foreground and the mask, in an order of the mask, the background, and then the foreground; transferring the code of the mask of the structured document in block units that correspond to division areas of the mask, wherein a determination is made, for each block unit of the mask of the structured document, as to whether the block unit of the mask of the structured document comprises a character block unit or a non-character block unit, and, based on the determination result, a control is performed such that the transfer of the character block unit is given priority over the transfer of the non-character block unit.