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US 2006/0242593 A1Published application
Printer emoticon detector & converter
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorGary Gaebel
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Abstract
A method for converting emoticons into printer icons includes building a lookup table having emoticon sequences and replacement icons therefore therein; in a print job, determining whether a string of characters comprise a recognizable emoticon sequence, and, if so: replacing the emoticon sequence with a single character printer icon.
Claims10
A method for converting emoticons into printer icons, comprising:
- providing a lookup table having emoticon sequences and replacement icons therefore therein;
- in a print job, determining whether a string of characters comprise a recognizable emoticon sequence, and, if so:
- replacing the emoticon sequence with a single character printer icon;
- and
- advancing to the next character after the emoticon sequence.
2 more elements
A method for converting emoticons into printer icons, comprising:
- providing a lookup table having emoticon sequences and replacement icons therefore therein;
- in a print job, determining whether a string of characters comprise a recognizable emoticon sequence, and, if so:
- replacing the emoticon sequence with a single character printer icon;
- advancing to the next character after the emoticon sequence;
- and
- if a character string does not comprise a recognizable emoticon sequence, advancing to the next character.
3 more elements
A method for converting emoticons into printer icons in printer controller software, comprising:
- providing a lookup table having emoticon sequences and replacement icons therefore therein;
- in a print job, determining whether a string of characters comprise a recognizable emoticon sequence, and, if so:
- replacing the emoticon sequence with a single character printer icon;
- and
- advancing to the next character after the emoticon sequence;
- wherein control of the conversion may be enabled/disabled via a command sequence in the print job stream or via an operator panel button.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.