Display pattern preparing system

Claim 1

A display pattern preparing system comprising: a fixed pattern memory storing, as a registered configuration data, the length of a segment by which a fixed pattern of a prescribed configuration and area crosses a scanning line in the primary direction of scanning; an analogous pattern memory storing, as parameters, a reference position data representative of a reference point for a portion of an analogous pattern through which the analogous pattern overlaps the scanning line, said analogous pattern being defined as a pattern whose configuration is analogously variable, a distance data representative of the length of said portion of the analogous pattern, and a height data representative of a width of the analogous pattern in the auxiliary direction of scanning; means for reading out said data from said fixed pattern memory and said analogous pattern memory, means for preparing a position data for display of a pattern designated by the read-out data; and means for transmitting said position data to a display unit.

Claim 12

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning; a second configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups which are being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling configuration description data memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating lengths of a prescribed configuration by which the prescribed configuration crosses the raster; a cross data point formation unit which receives configuration description data from said first or second configuration description data memory unit and refers to the registered configuration data stored within said registered configuration data memory unit to form a cross point data representative of the position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration corresponding to said configuration description data; a continuation judging unit which judges whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster and processes configuration description data which is the basis for said configuration for continuation, when said configuration crosses the ensuing raster, to cause this continuation data to be stored in the second configuration description data memory unit; a picture element series data formation unit which forms a picture element series data based on the cross point data received from said cross point data formation unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with the one scanning line which has been formed in said picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.

Claim 13

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning; a second configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups which are being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling configuration description data memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating lengths of a prescribed configuration by which the prescribed configuration crosses the raster; a cross data point formation unit which receives configuration description data from said first or second configuration description data memory unit and refers to the registered configuration data stored within said registered configuration data memory unit to form a cross point data representative of the position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration corresponding to said configuration description data; a continuation judging unit which judges whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster and processes configuration description data which is the basis for said configuration for continuation, when said configuration crosses the ensuing raster, to cause this continuation data to be stored in the second configuration description data memory unit; a picture element series data formation unit which forms a picture element series data based on the cross point data received from said cross point data formation unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with the one scanning line which has been formed in said picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.

Claim 14

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first figure description data memory unit for storing figure description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning; a second figure description data memory unit for storing figure description data being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling figure description data memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating lengths of portions of a prescribed normalized configuration by which the prescribed normalized configuration crosses the raster; a cross point data formation unit which receives figure description data from said first or second figure description data memory unit and refers to the registered configuration data of said registered configuration memory unit to form a cross point data representative of the position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration corresponding to said figure description data; a continuation judging unit which judges whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster, and when having judged that said configuration crosses the raster, processes figure description data for continuation and causes the same to be stored in the second figure description data memory unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing the picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; a memory selection unit for forming a signal which selects from said picture element series data memory unit memory elements corresponding to picture elements between two cross points of said cross point data; a tone control unit for causing tone data in the figure description data to be stored in the memory elements selected by said memory selecting unit; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with one scanning line which has been formed in said picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.

Claim 15

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first figure description data memory unit for storing figure description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning; a second figure description data memory unit for storing figure description data being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling figure description data memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating lengths of portions of a prescribed normalized configuration by which the prescribed normalized configuration crosses the raster; a cross point data formation unit which receives figure description data from said first or second figure description data memory unit and refers to the registered configuration data of said registered configuration memory unit to form a cross point data representative of the position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration corresponding to said figure description data; a continuation judging unit which judges whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster, and when having judged that said configuration crosses the raster, processes figure description data for continuation and causes the same to be stored in the second figure description data memory unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing the picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; a memory selection unit for forming a signal which selects from said picture element series data memory unit memory elements corresponding to picture elements between two cross points of said cross point data; a tone control unit for causing tone data in the figure description data to be stored in the memory elements selected by said memory selecting unit; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with one scanning line which has been formed in said picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.

Claim 16

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first configuration description data memory unit for storing registered configuration description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning and configuration description data descriptive of a parallelogram of which one set of opposing sides is parallel to the primary direction of scanning and a right angle triangle of which two sides subtending right angles are parallel to the primary or auxiliary direction of scanning; a second configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling said two memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating relative position of the points where the registered configuration crosses the raster; a cross point data formation unit which receives configuration description data from said first or second memory unit and refers to registered configuration data in said registered configuration data memory unit as the need arises to form a cross point data representative of absolute position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration represented by said configuration description data; a continuation judging unit for judging whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster and when having judged that said configuration crosses the raster, processes said configuration description data for continuation and causes the same to be stored in the second configuration description data memory unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing the picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; a memory selecting unit for selecting memory elements corresponding to picture elements between the two cross points of said cross point data from said picture element series data memory unit to cause a signal indicating that the figure exists to be stored; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with one scanning line which has been formed in the picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.

Claim 17

A system for forming picture element series data comprising: a first configuration description data memory unit for storing registered configuration description data groups aligned in the order of their generation in the auxiliary direction of scanning and configuration description data descriptive of a parallelogram of which one set of opposing sides is parallel to the primary direction of scanning and a right angle triangle of which two sides subtending right angles are parallel to the primary or auxiliary direction of scanning; a second configuration description data memory unit for storing configuration description data groups being continuously processed; a memory control unit for controlling said two memory units; a registered configuration data memory unit for storing registered configuration data groups indicating relative position of the points where the registered configuration crosses the raster; a cross point data formation unit which receives configuration description data from said first or second memory unit and refers to registered configuration data in said registered configuration data memory unit as the need arises to form a cross point data representative of absolute position where the scanning raster crosses the configuration represented by said configuration description data; a continuation judging unit for judging whether or not said configuration crosses the ensuing raster and when having judged that said configuration crosses the raster, processes said configuration description data for continuation and causes the same to be stored in the second configuration description data memory unit; a picture element series data memory unit for storing the picture element series data associated with at least one scanning line of the raster; a memory selecting unit for selecting memory elements corresponding to picture elements between the two cross points of said cross point data from said picture element series data memory unit to cause a signal indicating that the figure exists to be stored; and a supply unit for supplying the picture element series data associated with one scanning line which has been formed in the picture element series data memory unit to a subsequent processing unit.