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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:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kunio Seto, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345127 ; 345142 ;
Abstract
A character pattern generating method and apparatus which enables storage of a large amount of font data with a small memory capacity and increase pattern-bitmapping speed. The apparatus stores element information representing common elements for constructing patterns and construction information indicating the construction of each pattern in a font data memory such as a ROM. The sets of element information corresponding to a specified pattern are developed into bitmap data in an element bitmap area. The bitmapped data are synthesized in accordance with construction information for the pattern to be generated.