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US 5,473,743 AGranted
Character generator with selectable conversion
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKiyoshi Watanabe
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Abstract
A character processor stores a character code corresponding to a pattern whose type face modification is inhibited in a memory so that the character code is distinguishable from others. Whether type face modification of the pattern is inhibited is determined in response to an instruction for modifying type face of a pattern and the pattern is modified responsive to the instruction if type face modification of this pattern is not inhibited.
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A character processing apparatus comprising:
- memory means for storing data representing a character pattern corresponding to a character code and storing identification information for identifying, for each character, whether typeface modification of a character pattern is to be inhibited upon generation of the character pattern;
- means for determining, on the basis of the identification information, whether typeface modification of a character pattern to be output is to be inhibited, upon generation of the character pattern, in response to a typeface modification instruction;
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- means for generating the character pattern to be output on the basis of the data representing the character pattern stored in said memory means without executing typeface modification in response to the instruction, in the event that said determining means determines that the typeface modification is to be inhibited for the character pattern.
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A character processing method
- using a memory which stores data representing a character pattern corresponding to a character code and identification information for identifying, for each character, whether typeface modification of a character pattern is to be inhibited upon generation of the character pattern, comprising the steps of:
- determining, on the basis of the identification information, whether typeface modification of a character pattern to be output is to be inhibited, upon generation of the character pattern, in response to a typeface modification instruction;
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- generating the character pattern to be output on the basis of the data representing the character pattern stored in said memory without executing typeface modification in response to the instruction, in the event it is determined that the typeface modification is to be inhibited for the character pattern.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.