Appeal No. 2004-0429
Application 09/335,289
Claim 1 is representative of the claimed invention and is
reproduced as follows:
1. A method of drawing a thick line, comprising:
calculating a displacement D, wherein the displacement is a
function of the line thickness W;
using a line drawing algorithm to determine line drawing
parameter values for a single offset line, wherein the offset
line is parallel to an origin line and offset from the origin
line in a minor axis direction by the displacement;
for each major axis pixel coordinate of the offset line:
selecting a boundary pixel having the major axis pixel
coordinate and a first minor axis pixel coordinate
determined using the line drawing algorithm;
selecting a set of additonal pixels adjacent to the boundary
pixel, each having the major axis pixel coordinate, wherein
the number of pixels in the set is a function of W; and
setting each of the selected pixels for subsequent drawing.
References
The reference relied on by the Examiner is as follows:
Fukuzawa 6,297,828 Oct. 2, 2001
(filed June 18, 1997)
Rejections At Issue
Claims 1-5, 7-11, 13-18, and 20 stand rejected under
35 U.S.C. § 102 as being anticipated by Fukuzawa.
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