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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:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tsuneaki Kurumida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345442 ; 345469 ;
Abstract
It is an object to convert to outline font data that is closer to an actual character outline. A check is made to see if the data read out from a memory is which one of straight line data and curve data. In case of the curve data, a check is made to see if an extremum exists in a curve formed by the curve data. If YES, the curve is divided into segments at the position of the extremum. The curve data obtained by dividing the curve into the segments and the straight line data judged to be the straight line are stored in the memory, thereby realizing the object.