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US 11,455,971 B2Granted
Conversion of glyphs to images
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAaron Sanders
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Abstract
A request to access a display unit may be received via an interface. The interface may comprise a line display interface for a point of sale system. A glyph to be displayed by the display unit may be received via the interface. The glyph may be converted to an image for display by the display unit and sent to the display unit.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a display unit coupled to the processor;
- and
- storage coupled to the processor to store computer-readable instructions, wherein execution of the computer-readable instructions by the processor causes the processor to:
- receive a request to access the display unit via a method call to a line display interface, wherein the line display interface comprises a set of methods for controlling a line display unit;
- send an access command to the display unit to enter a line display mode in response to receiving the request;
- receive a glyph via the line display interface to be displayed on the display unit;
- convert the glyph to an image;
- and
- send the image to the display unit to display.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- instantiate a line display interface that comprises a set of methods for controlling a line display unit;
- receive a request to access a display unit via a method call to the line display interface;
- receive a glyph via the line display interface to be displayed on the display unit;
- convert the glyph to an image;
- and
- send the image to the display unit for display.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a request to access a display unit via a method call to a line display interface, wherein the line display interface comprises a set of methods for controlling a line display unit;
- receiving a glyph via the interface to be displayed by the display unit;
- converting the glyph to an image for display by the display unit;
- and
- sending the image to the display unit, wherein the line display interface comprises an interface for a point of sale system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.