Patent ID: 6577314
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A character processing apparatus comprising:a memory means for storing (1) base skeleton data including a plurality of stroke data specifying strokes of a corresponding character, each stroke including start, middle and end portions, and (2) a plurality of stroke element data, each including for one of the strokes (a) coordinate information of the start, middle and end portions, (b) thickness information of the start, middle and end portions, and (c) a plurality of coefficients corresponding to family information; an adjustment means for reading the base skeletal data and the plurality of stroke element data stored in said memory means and for adjusting, for each stroke, the thickness information of the start, middle and end portions of the stroke based on one of the plurality of coefficient corresponding to the family information of an input parameter; and a generation means for generating a character pattern based on the thickness information of the start, middle and end portions of each stroke adjusted by said adjustment means and based on the coordinate information of each stroke stored in said memory means.