Image processing apparatus
US4949188A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 1989 |
| Grant date | Aug 14, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T17/00
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image reading device for outputting image data, a RAM for generating a page description language representing a character, a graphic pattern, and the like, the page description language including a command which represents the image reading device, an interpreter for interpreting the page description language from the RAM, and a mapping driver for synthesizing image data from the image reading device and character data from the interpreter. The interpreter supplies the image data from the image reading device to the mapping driver in accordance with an interpretation of the command.
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