Patent ID: 6249273
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: G06T,G09G

Abstract:
A method of displaying on a display device a character having a border on at least one selectable side thereof, the character being formed by a raster having a plurality of raster lines and raster columns containing character information; said method comprising the steps of:generating a line signal for each raster line by combining the character information for each raster line, column by column, with the character information of a first predetermined number of preceding and/or succeeding raster lines;delaying the line signal by no more than twice a second predetermined number of columns, wherein said first predetermined number is selected independently of said second predetermined number;generating a character signal by delaying each raster line of said character by based on the second predetermined number of columns; andcombining the delayed line signal and the character signal to generate said character and the selected border.