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US5146545A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Memory device for a page printer

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp
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Filing: 1989-10-17
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Granted: 1992-09-08
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Expires: 2009-10-17
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Abstract

Abstract A memory device for a page printer utilizing a one port random access memory in connection with a central processing unit to process print data is provided. A first memory circuit is provided to receive head address data from the CPU. A second memory circuit receives tail address data from the CPU. The first memory circuit and second circuit store these input values. A first comparator compares the head address data stored in the first memory circuit with address data produced by the CPU, while a second comparator compares the tail address data stored in the second memory circuit with address data produced by the CPU. The memory is divided into a first region defined by the head address and the tail address and an other region. A memory control circuit receives the outputs from the second comparator and the first comparator and accesses one of the first region or the other region in response to the outputs of the comparators.

Inventors

  • 👤 Michio Maruyama

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 11:11
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06K; G06K15/00; G06K15/02; G06K15/12; G06K15/1276; G06K15/128

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 123 words
A memory device utilized with a page printer for storing print data comprising a CPU for processing the print data and producing address data, a left side mask width, right side mask width, a zero shift quantity and a plurality of transfer bytes, font memory means directly coupled to said CPU for storing character pattern data, a one port random access memory for storing an image data and having at least a first memory region and an other memory region therein, and accessing means for receiving said address data, transfer bytes, left mask width, right mask width and zero shift quantity and masking the image data to be written into the first region of said one port random access memory in response thereto.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 123 words
A memory device utilized with a page printer for storing print data comprising a CPU for processing the print data and producing address data, a left side mask width, right side mask width, a zero shift quantity and a plurality of transfer bytes, font memory means directly coupled to said CPU for storing character pattern data, a one port random access memory for storing an image data and having at least a first memory region and an other memory region therein, and accessing means for receiving said address data, transfer bytes, left mask width, right mask width and zero shift quantity and masking the image data to be written into the first region of said one port random access memory in response thereto.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 16 words
The memory device of claim 1, wherein the first memory region is an image processing region.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
The memory device of claim 2, wherein the image processing region is further sub-divided into two distinct sub-regions
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 15 words
The memory device of claim 1, wherein said other memory region is a work region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
The memory device of claim 1, wherein said accessing means accesses said first region if said data signal is not masked and accessing said other region if said data is masked.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4825386A Cited

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