US 12,190,042 B2
Reducing interference between two texts
David Allen Fesbinder, Jerusalem (IL); and Alexander Postnikov, Cambridge, MA (US)
Assigned to Read Twogether LTD., Jerusalem (IL)
Filed by READ TWOGETHER LTD., Jerusalem (IL)
Filed on May 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/316,213.
Application 18/316,213 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/827,649, filed on May 27, 2022, granted, now 11,720,740.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/286,378, filed on Dec. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/373,282, filed on Aug. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0367952 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 40/00 (2020.01); G06F 40/106 (2020.01); G06F 40/109 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 40/109 (2020.01) [G06F 40/106 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of displaying two characters in an interference-reducing manner, the method implemented by a computing device, the method comprising:
receiving, by the computing device, a first character;
receiving, by the computing device, a second character;
identifying pixels that form an interference area with respect to the first and second characters;
based on the identified interference area, performing, by the computing device, one of:
causing a portion of pixels that form the second character to appear deemphasized so as to form a modified second character; and
receiving a premodified second character, wherein a portion of pixels that form the premodified second character is deemphasized;
displaying, on an electronic display, the first character and one of the modified second character and the premodified second character, wherein the portion of pixels that form the modified second character or the portion of pixels that form the premodified second character is deemphasized,
where the deemphasis modifies at least a portion of one or more ascenders or descenders of the second character with one or more of a list of shading, gradual shading, or hollowing-out;
wherein the interference area comprises a set of pixels shared by the second character and an airspace of the first character, the set of pixels excluding the pixels shared by the second character and the first character, when the second character and the first character are rendered, and the portion of pixels that form the modified second character or the portion of pixels that form the premodified second character is a non-entire portion.