Character output device, character output method and computer readable medium
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorMasaya Miyazaki
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Abstract
A character output device includes: a character direction specification unit that specifies a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page; a character rotation determination unit that determines as to whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium; and an output unit that performs an output processing based on the determination by the character rotation determination unit.
Claims9
A character output device comprising:
- a character direction specification unit that specifies a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page;
- a character rotation determination unit that determines whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium;
- an output unit that performs an output processing based on the determination by the character rotation determination unit;
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- a character command acquisition unit that acquires a drawing command for the characters,
- the drawing command for the characters acquired by the character command acquisition unit includes a continuous character string, the character direction specification unit:
- (i) specifies a character direction of a first character in the continuous character string based on the acquired drawing command for the characters, (ii) weights information regarding the specified character direction by multiplying the number of characters in the continuous character string, and (iii) specifies the drawing direction of the continuous character string according to the weighted information regarding the specified character direction.
A character output method comprising:
- specifying a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page;
- determining whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium;
- performing an output processing based on the determination;
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- acquiring a drawing command for the characters,
- wherein, when the acquired drawing command for the characters includes a continuous character string, the specifying comprises (i) specifying a character direction of a first character in the continuous character string based on the acquired drawing command for the characters, (ii) weighting information regarding the specified character direction by multiplying the number of characters in the continuous character string, and (iii) specifying the drawing direction of the continuous character string according to the weighted information regarding the specified character direction.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for outputting characters, the process comprising:
- specifying a drawing direction of characters for each processing-target region of a processing-target page;
- determining whether the processing-target page rotates or not based on a relation between the specified drawing direction and a direction of an output medium;
- performing an output processing based on the determination;
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- acquiring a drawing command for the characters,
- wherein, when the acquired drawing command for the characters includes a continuous character string, the specifying comprises (i) specifying a character direction of a first character in the continuous character string based on the acquired drawing command for the characters, (ii) weighting information regarding the specified character direction by multiplying the number of characters in the continuous character string, and (iii) specifying the drawing direction of the continuous character string according to the weighted information regarding the specified character direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.