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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:
Feb. 20, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kunio Yoshida, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340727 ; 340735 ; 340750 ;
Abstract
A system for converting a character font dot pattern includes a peripheral dot detection circuit for detecting peripheral dots of a font pattern stored in a memory and subjects the detected peripheral dot pattern to a conversion operation for converting the dot pattern to a new orientation. The system further includes a paint over circuit which fills in the interior of the converted peripheral dot pattern to complete the conversion process.