Appeal No. 96-0529
Application 07/981,207
The invention is directed to an apparatus for generating ruled line sheets. More particularly,
table information on the positions and lengths of a table is converted into a bar code. When the bar
code is printed on the top of a sheet, the code can be later read, wherein the coded information therein
is decoded and converted back into the original ruled line information.
Representative independent claim 16 is reproduced as follows:
16. A coding apparatus comprising:
memory means for storing table information;
detecting means for detecting from said table information positions and lengths of ruled lines in
respective directions of a table represented by said table information stored in said memory means;
dividing means for dividing the table information into a plurality of areas based on the detected
positions of the ruled lines; and
converting means for generating coded information on the ruled lines based on the table
information divided into a plurality of areas from said dividing means and the detected positions and
lengths from said detecting means.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Tanaka 4,494,862 Jan. 22, 1985
Johnson et al. (Johnson) 5,060,980 Oct. 29, 1991
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