Patent ID: 6633680
Filing Date: 2003-10-14
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
A method for compression of characters with a predetermined size, comprising:(a) receiving a plurality of characters; (b) compressing the characters; (c) determining if a size of the characters meets a predetermined criteria; (d) storing additional information with the compression if the size of the characters is determined to meet the predetermined criteria; and (e) selecting the way to characterize the information based on a size of the information; (f) wherein an outline of the characters are compressed; (g) wherein the information includes correction information; (h) wherein the correction information is capable of being used to correct the characters upon being displayed with the predetermined size; (i) wherein the information includes position data, type data, and parameters data; (j) wherein the information includes point data, horizontal line data, vertical line data, move data, and bit map data; (k) wherein the information stored with the compression includes bit map data at a predetermined character size; (l) wherein the information is capable of being characterized using at least two ways; (m) wherein an amount of the information is a function of a size of the characters; (n) wherein the size includes a font size; (o) wherein the information modifies the characters for increasing the accuracy of the characters; (p) wherein re-occurring information is used to modify an initial character upon occurrence of a special case; (q) wherein bit map data is selected instead of correction information based on relative sizes of the bit map data and correction information.