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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:
Mar. 07, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jerry R Van Aken, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395141 ; 395142 ; 395150 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for filling regions bounded by piecewise-conic curves and more particularly to such an apparatus and method which is directed to curves defined by a conic equation. This simplifies the process of generating filled contours in applications, such as printing, which are based on font outlines while at the same time reducing computer time and generating more accurate results for each curve generation.