Patent ID: 6836271
Filing Date: 2004-12-28
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
A bold-faced character-displaying method comprising:aligning a plurality of light-emitting elements with each other in a sequence to form a pixel, each light-emitting element of the pixel being operable to illuminate a color different from the other light-emitting elements of the pixel; aligning a plurality of the pixels with each other in a first direction to form a line; aligning a plurality of the lines with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, thereby forming a display screen; obtaining character data to be displayed, the character data being bitmap data; boldfacing the obtained character data by increasing a character line width of the obtained character data in the first direction by an amount corresponding to at least a width of one of the plurality of light-emitting elements; and displaying a boldfaced character on the display screen in accordance with data derived from the bold-faced character data, wherein said boldfacing the obtained character data includes selecting a character line width-increasing pattern in accordance with a luminous intensity of each of the light-emitting elements of the pixel.