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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:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuneaki Kurumida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395110 ; 395109 ;
Abstract
In a pattern generation method, corresponding binary bit map data is generated based on a desired one of vector font data, an area of the binary bit map data on a memory is divided to judge a density in a predetermined area, and digital multi-value data is generated in correspondence with the judged density. There is also disclosed a pattern generation apparatus for carrying out this method.