Patent ID: 6624815
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
A method for displaying a character on a visual display comprising a plurality of character units, said method comprising the steps of:fetching contents from a first memory location corresponding to a first particular one of the plurality of character units, the contents comprising character information and attribute information; fetching from a character memory a graphical representation of the character, the graphical representation corresponding to the character information; fetching attribute information from a second memory location corresponding to a second particular one of the plurality of character units which is located adjacent to the first particular character unit, wherein a mutual border is defined by mutually adjacent portions of the first and second particular character units; and determining whether to overwrite a portion of the graphical representation of the character exclusively adjacent the mutual border based on the attribute information fetched from the first memory location and the attribute information fetched from the second memory location.