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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:
Nov. 21, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuneaki Kurumida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382203 ; 382199 ; 382201 ; 395141 ;
Abstract
A character pattern generating apparatus for generating a bit map data from outline data corresponding to a pattern having a curve portion comprises: a discriminating circuit to discriminate a size of pattern data to be output; and a deciding circuit to decide whether the bit map data is generated or not by regarding the curve portion as a straight line from the outline data on the basis of the discrimination of the discriminating circuit. The curve portion is a portion to form a Bezier curve on the basis of the outline data.