| 摘要 |
A method (300) and apparatus (1000) for determining active objects contributing to a run of pixels corresponding to a scanline is disclosed. The method 300 utilises two memory (1006) integer arrays (1101) and (1102) of size N, where N represents the number of objects in a job to be rendered. The first array (1101) is an active priority list and is preferably stored in memory (1006). The first array (1101) will be hereinafter referenced as the "active priority list (i.e. L[ ])'. The second array (1102) is an array of pointers (i.e. indexes) that indicate vacant memory 1006 locations in the active priority list (1101), when an object is deactivated. The second array (1102) will be hereinafter referred to as a "free list (F[ ])' and is also preferably stored in memory (1006). The active priority list (1101) and free list (1102) can be stored at consecutive memory (1006) addresses (e.g. Memory address 0 to memory address 2N) or alternatively, the active priority list (1101) and free list (1102) can be stored in any suitable free memory (1006) locations.
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