US 12,169,746 B2
High-speed printer video interface using a high-definition media interface (HDMI)
Leon Calvin Williams, Foster City, CA (US); and Patrick H. Wood, Lake Hopatcong, NJ (US)
Assigned to FIERY, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed by Fiery, LLC, Fremont, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,307.
Prior Publication US 2024/0242049 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 15/4045 (2013.01) [G06K 15/181 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
using GPU accessible, high-speed memory to store compressed or raw video printer data;
transmitting said video data over one or more frames of an HDMI interface;
said HDMI interface any of:
transmitting a standard frame size multiple times a second to represent a full page print image; and
using multiple HDMI frames to represent a single page on a printer;
and
reconstructing the video data for a page from said one or more HDMI frames for communication to a printer.