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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1998
Masao Yamada, Ebina, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To enable the speedup of processing for generating a document image and the reduction of an area for storing a character pattern without using processing requiring time if a character is output, a pattern format selecting section,for selecting a pattern format based upon the character data of a character to be output, a pattern generating section,which can generate a character pattern in plural pattern formats for generating a character pattern in the pattern format selected by the pattern format selecting section,based upon the character data of the character to be output, a pattern storing section,for storing the generated character pattern together with format information showing pattern format thereof and a pattern converting section,for converting the stored character pattern corresponding to the format information to a character pattern in a format required in the generation of a document image if the stored format information shows that the format is a format requiring conversion in the generation of the document image are provided.