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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsumi Masaki, Kodaira, JP;
Yukio Inagi, Isaka, BOTH OF, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 178 30 ; 3403 / ;
Abstract
A signal converter for use in a recording or displaying device which can be used to change the size of characters to be recorded or displayed. By using instruction signals or enlargement codes, a part (for example the upper or lower half) of a character field and hence a corresponding part of a character may be enlarged, and then the enlarged upper and lower halves are combined to form an enlarged character for recording or display. Any number of characters in a row of characters may be changed in size by using the signal converter, and specified portions of different characters may be enlarged and then combined.