Patents by Inventor Bernard Jan M. Smeets

Bernard Jan M. Smeets has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Font compression and retrieval
    Patent number: 7212679
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for compressing data representing a set of symbols such that each symbol of the set can be separately accessed and decompressed. Each symbol of the set of symbols is encoded in the form of a two-part code wherein a first part of the code is common for all encoded symbols and a second part of the code encodes the data representing a symbol. An identifier is given for each symbol for permitting each encoded symbol to be separately accessed and decompressed. The invention is particularly useful for storing large fonts such as a Chinese or Japanese character set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Bernard Jan M. Smeets, Jan Aberg