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Apparatus and method of generating personal fonts

US8786607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 23, 2009
Grant dateJul 22, 2014
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/347
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method of generating personal fonts is provided, which can modify a trace of handwriting inputted by a user into an elegant one and generate diverse personal fonts in accordance with user's style of handwriting. The apparatus for generating personal fonts includes a character input unit to receive an input of a character trace from a user, a character recognition unit to recognize a representative character corresponding to an input character from the input character trace, a representative trace generation unit to generate a representative trace expressing a trace of the representative character, and a trace modification unit to modify the trace of the input character by combining a weight value of the generated representative trace with the trace of the input character.

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