Generic assembly trees providing job control and mix and match of modules

Described herein is an electronic image processing apparatus which includes a controller and a plurality of resources in an arbitrary configuration. Each resource provides an associated processor storing data related to operational capabilities of the associated resource. The controller is adapted t...

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Main Authors RULLI, PAUL A, WEBSTER, MARC W, STUMBO, WILLIAM K, MCCUE III, DANIEL LAWRENCE
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 11.06.1997
Edition6
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
COUNTING
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRICITY
i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME
LINING MACHINES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
PRINTING
SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS
STAMPS
TRANSPORTING
TYPEWRITERS
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Summary:Described herein is an electronic image processing apparatus which includes a controller and a plurality of resources in an arbitrary configuration. Each resource provides an associated processor storing data related to operational capabilities of the associated resource. The controller is adapted to dynamically configure the image processing apparatus to operate in accordance with the operational capabilities of each processor by defining job requirements as a combination of images defining a set of sheets and specifying compilations of sheets. The configuration of machine modules for effecting the job requirements is represented by a directed graph data structure in which each node of the graph represents a machine module. This enables arbitrary configurations of machine modules to be expressed using modules with merges, forks, parallel paths etc.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19960308796