Patent ID: 7978196
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of generating a page representation to be rendered to a raster image from a plurality of objects, the computer comprising a processor configured to implement the method and a storage device to store the page representation, each of the plurality of objects comprising an outline and a fill, said method comprising the steps of: generating a first intermediate page representation from a first subset of the plurality of objects, said generating step comprising the sub-steps of: storing the first intermediate page representation comprising the edges and the fill compositing sequences on the storage device; and merging the first intermediate page representation with a second subset of the plurality of objects to create the page representation, wherein an object in the second subset of the plurality of objects overlaps an object in the first subset of the plurality of objects, said merging step comprising the sub-steps of: