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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. 12, 1991
Filed:
Aug. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Haruo Takeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Minoru Fukasawa, Yuuki, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364518 ; 341 65 ; 341 67 ;
Abstract
In a character pattern utilization system provided with a plurality of character patterns differing in size or style from one another for each of a plurality of characters which are associated with corresponding character codes, the character patterns of each type are compression-coded beforehand using one of a plurality of code tables which corresponds to the character types. Upon designation of a code and a pattern type for a character to be outputted, the compression-coded character pattern corresponding to it is restored using the code table corresponding to said pattern type and is outputted.