Patents by Inventor Franco Provera

Franco Provera 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).

  • Print apparatus for videotex terminal
    Patent number: 4600808
    Abstract: The apparatus comprises a dot printer (24) and a control unit for the printer connected to the line in parallel with a video display, the control unit is capable of processing the data received and storing it temporarily in a page memory in transcoded form in such a way as to associate with each character the relative print attributes and to be able directly to address a character generator. The control unit is capable of taking the transcoded data from the page memory for controlling the printer. The character generator comprises a portion for the alphanumeric characters, a portion for semigraphic characters and a portion for decoding colors with a corresponding grey value. The semigraphic characters are produced on a matrix of 10.times.12 dots in such a way that, for each grey value, the horizontal and vertical distance of the character dots of the same color remains constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1986
    Assignee: Ing. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giuseppe Cosentino, Franco Provera