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AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorEdward N. Chapman
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Abstract
Methods and systems for defining characters, can involve selectively removing pixels from one or more characters and rendering a character with a user space equivalent to a device space. Multiple abutting non-line pixels can be removed among the pixels from the character(s). Furthermore, the character(s) including the multiple abutting non-line pixels as expected for the character(s) can be created prior to prior to selectively removing the pixels from the character(s). This approach can avoid partially marked pixels by setting user space equal to device space and then selectively removing pixels when printing microtext. Selective pixel removal allows for more white space and better recognition of characters such as, for example, “8” and “E”.
Claims17
A method for defining characters, comprising:
- selectively removing pixels from at least one character, wherein selectively removing the pixels from the at least one character comprises removing multiple abutting non-line pixels among the pixels from the at least one character;
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- rendering the at least one character with a user space equivalent to a device space.
A system for defining characters, comprising:
- a memory;
- a storage medium for storing data;
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- a processor in communication with the storage medium and the memory, the processor executing machine readable instructions configured for:
- selectively removing pixels from at least one character, wherein selectively removing the pixels from the at least one character comprises removing multiple abutting non-line pixels among the pixels from the at least one character;
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- rendering the at least one character with a user space equivalent to a device space.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to execute a method for rendering characters, the method comprising:
- selectively removing pixels from at least one character, wherein selectively removing the pixels from the at least one character comprises removing multiple abutting non-line pixels among the pixels from the at least one character;
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- rendering the at least one character with a user space equivalent to a device space, wherein rendering the at least one character with the user space equivalent to a device space comprises writing pixel rectangles versus vectors.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.