Data converting apparatus having means for changing ornamental stroke end data of character outline
US5018217A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 22, 1989 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0057
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A data converting apparatus for converting outline data including multiple sets of segment data representative of respective segments of an outline of a character, into dot data representative of the character. The data conversion is effected according to a conversion rule that each stroke of the character is constituted by picture elements which lie within an outline of the stroke so as to satisfy a predetermined requirement, when the character outline is superimposed on a coordinated pixel screen wherein the picture elements are defined by parallel x-axis and y-axis lines. The apparatus includes an ornamental end data converter operable without following the conversion rule, for processing ornamental end data comprising at least one of the multiple sets of segment data of the outline data which represents an ornamental end portion of an ornamented stroke of the character. The ornamental end data converter converts the ornamental end data into a predetermined block of dot data associated with the ornamental end portion of the ornamented stroke.
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