Patent · US Expired

Method of scaling a graphic character

US7532216B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Micronas GmbH · DE

Inventors

Dirk Wendel · Unterhaching, DE
Ulrich Langenkamp · Ottobrunn, DE
Marko Hahn · Neubiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 7, 2005
Grant date	May 12, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T3/40
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A graphic character that has a character matrix with a number of character units that are indivisible at least in either a horizontal direction or a vertical direction is scaled by dividing the character matrix into one first and at least one second character segment, each comprising at least one of the character units. The first character segment is symmetrically scaled using a first scaling factor and the second character segment is scaled using a second scaling factor different from the first scaling factor.

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