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Image-forming method and device and electronic apparatus incorporating the device

US6283654A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 12, 1999
Grant dateSep 4, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 12, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/177
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image-forming method and device and an electronic apparatus incorporating the device are provided. At least one line of a character string is input by using letter/symbol characters respectively representative of characters including letters symbols and a space, and a ruled line character which designates, by its position in the character string, a position where a ruled line should be drawn in a manner connectable to other ruled lines. An image is formed which includes images of the characters represented respectively by the letter/symbol characters, and an image of the ruled line drawn at the position.

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