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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Derek Clegg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Haroon Sheikh, Campbell, CA (US);
Inventors:
Derek Clegg, Redwood City, CA (US);
Haroon Sheikh, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for dilating a glyph for glyph rendering is described. The method includes receiving information including at least one of an element value of a rendering matrix, a glyph characteristic, a display background characteristic, an application characteristic, a display characteristic, and a graphics engine characteristic. The method further includes determining a dilation factor value from the received information. The method also includes dilating the outline of the glyph using the determined dilation factor.