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US 4,234,931 AGranted
Information output apparatus for putting out a character dot pattern
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKiyoshi Kanaiwa, Kozo Matsumoto
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Abstract
In reading out character dot patterns corresponding to character code signals from a dot pattern store therein a number of character dot patterns representing characters, there is provided a store therein position signals representing positions whereat the character dot patterns are stored in said dot pattern store, so that the position signals are first read out from the store by the character code signals and the corresponding character dot patterns are read out from said dot pattern store by the position signals.
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An information output apparatus comprising:
- dot pattern store means storing a plurality of sets of character dot patterns for displaying characters;
- position store means storing position signals representing the stored positions of the respective dot patterns stored in said dot pattern store means;
- signal forming means responsive to character code signals designating the character dot patterns to be put out for forming read-out signals for reading out from said position store means the position signals;
- read-out means for applying the position signal read out from said position store means by the read-out signal from said signal forming means to said dot pattern store means to read out from said dot pattern store means the character dot pattern stored in the position associated with the applied position signal;
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- output means for putting out as visible information the character dot pattern read out from said dot pattern store means by said read-out means.
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An information output apparatus comprising:
- dot pattern store means storing a plurality of sets of character dot patterns for displaying characters;
- position store means storing position signals representing the stored positions of the respective dot patterns stored in said dot pattern store means;
- character code store means for storing character code signals designating the character dot patterns to be put out;
- signal forming means responsive to the character code signals from said character code store means for forming read-out signals for reading out from said position store means the position signals;
- read out means for applying the position signal read out from said position store means by the read-out signal from said signal forming means to said dot pattern store means to read out from said dot pattern store means the character dot pattern stored in the position associated with the applied position signal;
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- output means for putting out as visible information the character dot pattern read out from said dot pattern store means by said read-out means.
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An information output apparatus comprising:
- dot pattern store means storing therein a plurality of sets of character dot patterns for displaying characters;
- store means storing therein position signals representing the stored position of the respective dot patterns stored in said dot pattern store means and style designating signals designating the display style of the respective dot patterns stored in said dot pattern store means;
- signal forming means for applying character code signals designating the character dot pattern to be put out to thereby form read-out signals for reading out from said store means the position signal on said dot pattern store means in which the dot patterns corresponding to said character code signals are stored, and the display designating signal of said dot pattern;
- read-out means for reading out the character dot patterns corresponding to said position signals from said dot pattern store means, said position signals being read out from said store means by said read-out means;
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- output means for putting out as visible information the character dot patterns read out by said read-out means.
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An information output apparatus comprising:
- dot pattern store means storing therein a plurality of sets of character dot patterns for displaying characters;
- style store means storing therein style designating signals representing the display style of the dot patterns stored in said dot pattern store means;
- signal forming means for applying the character code signals designating the character dot pattern to be put out, to thereby form a read-out signal for reading out from said style store means the style designating signal corresponding to the character code signal;
- pattern read-out means for reading out from said dot pattern store means the character dot pattern corresponding to the character code signal in accordance with the style designating signal read out from said style store means;
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- output means for putting out as visible information the character dot pattern read out by said pattern read-out means.
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