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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Kazuyuki Honda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An output apparatus to generate a decoration rule pattern comprises: a memory to store data indicative of a kind of pattern to be generated and data indicative of an output position of the pattern; and a making circuit to make a pattern on the basis of the data indicative of the kind of the pattern to be generated and the data indicative of the output position which are stored in the memory, wherein the making circuit continuously makes a plurality of units of the pattern to be generated, makes a rotation pattern (rotated version) of the unit, and makes a pattern of an edge portion of the pattern to be generated from the unit. With the apparatus, a decoration rule pattern can be drawn at the high speed and with high quality by rotating a pattern and repetitively generating a pattern.