APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CHARACTER OR PICTORIAL IMAGE DATA

摘要

An apparatus for processing character or pictorial image or the like for splitting the outline of a character, which is developed on x-and y-coordinates, into a plurality of blocks (P1, Pn) (where P1 and Pn are a start point and an end point of an arbitrary block respectively) each defined by a univalent function involving x as a variable, than producing block data to specify the shape of each block, and storing a set of such block data as the compressed data of one character to accomplish compression of the data.