Method of storing character patterns and character pattern utilization system
US4992954A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 1988 |
| Grant date | Feb 12, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2008 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0051
- WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a character pattern utilization system provided with a plurality of character patterns differing in size or style from one another for each of a plurality of characters which are associated with corresponding character codes, the character patterns of each type are compression-coded beforehand using one of a plurality of code tables which corresponds to the character types. Upon designation of a code and a pattern type for a character to be outputted, the compression-coded character pattern corresponding to it is restored using the code table corresponding to said pattern type and is outputted.
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