Patents by Inventor Tsuneta Kawakami

Tsuneta Kawakami 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).

  • Apparatus for forming a character by a matrix pattern of picture elements
    Patent number: 4129860
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a character in which picture elements as indication elements are formed in the shape of a matrix to create a character, such as a letter, a numeral, a symbol or the like, in this case the magnifications of the character in both a longitudinal and a lateral direction are suitably increased or reduced and, in case the character has become obscure as a result of such enlargement, an interpolation is performed to the character to render it clear. The apparatus is used, for example, in the case of forming a character with printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1978
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Seikosha
    Inventors: Setsuo Yonezawa, Tsuneta Kawakami, Tatsuo Shimada, Yoshinori Chida
  • Apparatus for forming a character out of a pattern of separate display picture elements
    Patent number: 4079367
    Abstract: Between picture elements of a character, such as letter, numeral and symbol, which is formed of a pattern of the separate display picture elements, a display picture element for interpolation is formed in conformity with predetermined rules, so that the shape of the character as intended to be displayed has its naturalness held and that the character can be formed in a proper size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1978
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Seikosha
    Inventors: Setsuo Yonezawa, Tsuneta Kawakami, Tatsuo Shimada, Yoshinori Chida