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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akio Sugaya, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345467 ;
Abstract
An output apparatus comprises: an input device to input an output format of a pattern; a data producing circuit to produce data regarding an outline font from a dot font pattern; and an outline font pattern producing circuit to produce an outline font pattern from the dot font pattern produced by the data producing circuit in accordance with an input character code. When a character code is input, an outline font is produced from a dot pattern and, thereafter, a dot font pattern of a designated shape is generated from the outline font.