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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4630039 | Display processing apparatus A display processing apparatus which can simply and easily control the size and display screen location of character patterns. The invention is comprised of a memory for storing character data of a predetermined size, an addressing circuit for reading out... | 12/16/1986 |
| 4621340 | Method for construction and display of ideographic characters A method for constructing ideographic characters by means of a character generator and displaying such characters within a standard character area of a display device coupled to the character generator. The method includes storing data in the character ge... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4564917 | Speed display device for automotive vehicle In a speed display device of the numerical display type which comprises a speed sensor for producing an electric speed signal indicative of a travel speed of the vehicle, and an electric display responsive to the speed signal for providing a numerical dis... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4563676 | Computer The computer system of this invention has, as the heart of the system, a simple processing unit for providing most data processing by the computer system under control of a read-only memory which contains only instructions and other data for the CPU. The ... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4555701 | Legibility enhancement for alphanumeric displays Alphanumeric CRT display has normal/reverse video attribute. In reverse video, the character dots are made wider than in normal video, to equalize the apparent width of the dots in the two modes.... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4529978 | Method and apparatus for generating graphic and textual images on a raster scan display An image of a two-dimensional matrix to be displayed is formed in a refresh memory entirely by the execution of sequences of "pattern modulated" line segments termed "vectors". Two sequences of vectors are generated for writing each character cell into th... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4467525 | Automated sign generator An automated sign generator produces large scale text on sheet material by means of a cutting tool which is guided relative to the material in accordance with preprogrammed data. The sheet material is supported for movement in one coordinate direction rel... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4451899 | Display apparatus for simultaneous display of character information having different character pitches An information processing apparatus includes a RAM for storing character information and character pitch information corresponding thereto; a CRT for simultaneously displaying character information having different character pitches; line buffers supplied... | 05/29/1984 |
| 4447888 | Mixed pitch display Operator keystrokes are processed in a text processor system to put characters and symbols on a fixed pitch display screen without limitation as to other size characters or symbols on the screen. Keystroke data is processed under the control of programs s... | 05/08/1984 |
| 4437167 | Multiple half-line spacing on a miniature page A technique for displaying a representation of a full page on less than an entire CRT screen in a word processing system. The full page representation uses character indicators to enable the word processing system user to appreciate format and spatial rel... | 03/13/1984 |
| 4435703 | Apparatus and method for simultaneous display of characters of variable size and density Apparatus and method for simultaneous display of alphanumeric characters of variable character density on a raster scan CRT monitor is disclosed. Circuitry is provided to supply multiple sources of timing for terminal operations, to switch among timing so... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4430649 | Video processing system The computer system of this invention has, as the heart of the system, a simple processing unit for providing most data processing by the computer system under control of a read-only memory which contains only instructions and other data for the CPU. The ... | 02/07/1984 |
| 4418345 | Displaying a full page representation A technique is disclosed which allows the display of a representation of a full page of text on the comparatively small CRT screen of a word processing system. For each character comprising a page of text a single bit is stored in the display buffer. On o... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4410958 | Displaying a proportionally outlined miniature page There is disclosed a technique for displaying on a relatively small CRT display, using less than the entire screen, a representation of a full page of text. The full page is represented using character indicators rather than recognizable characters. The f... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4409591 | Variable size character generator Apparatus and method of generating variable size, point-display type characters. Each character is defined through a matrix comprising a plurality of identical block elements. One of a predetermined number of geometric patterns forming a section of each c... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4393377 | Circuit for controlling information on a display A circuit for controlling information on a display includes two character generators. Each character generator is coupled to a row counter and a character latch which latches character information. The row counter is energized by line synchronization info... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4357604 | Variable size character display In a character display in which dot data is read out, by a character address and a row address, from a character generator having stored therein each character in the form of dots and applied to a display unit in synchronism with dot clock pulses to provi... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4346377 | Method and apparatus for encoding and generating characters in a display A method and apparatus for displaying reduced and expanded size characters in a photocomposition device encodes each of a set of normalized characters in a series of overlapping strokes each stroke being encoded by start point coordinates and a first and ... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4331955 | Method and apparatus for smoothing outlines A font storage system for a typesetter having an electronically controlled character imaging device includes a floppy disk and digital information stored on the floppy disk defining each character to be typeset. A series of vectors proceeding from a start... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4322717 | Recording character configuration changing system A recording character configuration changing system is provided with a pulse signal generator for producing pulse signals as a reference. The output signals from the pulse signal generator is inputted to a preset counter which changes the frequency of a s... | 03/30/1982 |
| 4286329 | Complex character generator A character compaction and generation method and apparatus which is particularly adapted to the generation of complex characters such as Kanji characters. A dot matrix defining a given character is compacted into a sparse matrix, with the original charact... | 08/25/1981 |
| 4284989 | Character display apparatus with facility for selectively expanding the height of displayed characters Apparatus for modifying an alphanumeric display produced on a cathode-ray tube screen by raster scan to enable the selective generation of double height characters. In order to retain synchronism between line counters and the raster number modifiers are c... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4283724 | Variable size dot matrix character generator in which a height signal and an aspect ratio signal actuate the same A variable size and position character generator is described for use with a cathode ray tube raster scanning system to display characters as matrices of dots. The keyboard includes controls for permitting a user to select a particular height, aspect rati... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4270124 | Alphanumeric CRT display system with unitary character formation and refresh A cathode ray tube display system is provided for displaying a block comprising a plurality of alphanumeric characters arranged in a plurality of character lines having cyclic refresh means wherein each unitary or whole character is refreshed before the n... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4254416 | Variable size character generator A system for displaying, performing positioning, sizing, and performing supportive composition functions for newspaper advertising layout in which characters and symbols are displayed with a height and width closely approximating the height and width of t... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4241340 | Apparatus for generating displays of variable size characters A character display system is disclosed which provides displays of characters of variable size. A diddle raster scanning technique is used to display each character in its entirely before proceeding with the display of the next character. The size of the ... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4181973 | Complex character generator A character compaction and generation method and apparatus which is particularly adapted to the generation of complex characters such as Kanji characters. A dot matrix defining a given character is compacted into a sparse matrix, with the original charact... | 01/01/1980 |
| 4107664 | Raster scanned display system A cathode ray tube (CRT) display system utilizing a parallel line raster scan displays characters formed from matrices of dots written during the parallel line scans. When the parallel lines are vertically displaced horizontal lines, the height of the cha... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4090188 | Dot matrix converter A dot matrix converter comprising means for providing an original character pattern comprising a dot matrix; means for dividing the original matrix into row groups and column groups, the number of groups being respectively one greater than the row differe... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4029947 | Character generating method and system A digital character generator method and system encode characters based on a normalized quad in accordance with coordinates of initial starting points of outlines of the character and variational parameters defining changes in those outlines such as slope... | 06/14/1977 |
| 4020484 | Segmented character generator for use with a television receiver Apparatus and method for generating a size-controllable, segmented character for use with a television receiver. The character generator can be used to display the television channel number to which a television receiver is tuned. Associated apparatus is ... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3973244 | Microcomputer terminal system A microcomputer terminal system in which all input/output devices communicate with a microcomputer through a system bus. The microcomputer includes a microprocessor and a memory. Programs are stored in the memory of the microcomputer. The input/output dev... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3946365 | Graphic symbol generator Apparatus for generating graphic symbols on a cathode-ray tube employs a beam control system which starts each of a plurality of parallel strokes required for each symbol at the bottom, using a programmed offset for symbols which extend below a baseline, ... | 03/23/1976 |
