Patent ID: 6661417
Filing Date: 2003-12-09
Classification: G06F,G06T

Abstract:
A method of defining a set of basic glyphs for defining glyphs and characters based thereon, the method comprising:a) retrieving a set of characters that include similarly shaped glyphs; b) selecting one basic glyph that best represents the similarly shaped glyphs topographically; c) defining feature points along the outline of the basic glyph and storing them as a glyph signature; d) defining key points; e) defining width values; f) defining equations that obtain the feature points based on the key points and the width values; g) defining script sentences that obtain the key points and the width values based on the feature points; and h) repeating steps b-g until all glyphs in the set of characters are represented by at least one basic glyph.