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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2007
Kiyoshi Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Toyosawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshi Oyama, Tokyo, JP;
Eiji Toyosawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If a next endpoint in a line segment is determined to be neither in a first nor a second reference direction passing through a base endpoint, a point obtained by projecting the next endpoint onto a straight line in the first reference direction passing through the base endpoint or a straight line in the second reference direction passing through the base endpoint is set as a correction endpoint. If the next endpoint is determined to be in the first or second reference direction passing through the next endpoint, the next endpoint is set as a new base endpoint. If the next endpoint is determined to be in neither the first reference direction passing through the base endpoint nor the second reference direction, the correction endpoint is set as a new base endpoint. Each endpoint of the plurality of line elements is subjected to the above process so as to generate a simplified shape.