Patent ID: 9064340
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A drawing apparatus comprising: a segment setter configured to analyze outline data, to set a straight line segment for drawing a straight line portion and a curved line segment for drawing a curved line portion, in the outline data, and to set inscribed segments or circumscribed segments to at least one of a connection portion between two curved line portions and a connection portion between the straight line portion and the curved line portion; a first stencil generator configured to generate stencil data of the straight line segment; a second stencil generator configured to obtain a basic texture in which transparency is allocated for each of a plurality of regions in the basic texture to paste a portion of the basic texture to the curved line segment in accordance with a shape of the curved line segment, and to generate stencil data of the curved line segment, wherein the portion of the basic texture corresponding to each of the inscribed segments or each of the circumscribed segments being pasted to the corresponding segment; and a drawer configured to draw a character image corresponding to the outline data, based on the stencil data of the straight line segment and the stencil data of the curved line segment.