Hewlett-Packard Company

Landnet Corporation

Other

James J Graham

Craig D Harrison

Judson Eugene Veazey

Michael J Yancey

David W Boyd

Edward Earl

Disclosed is a network accessible tool that is capable of providing map and satellite image data, as well as other photographic image data to locate, identify, measure, view, and communicate information about land over the Internet-to-Internet users. The network accessible tool includes a location tool that allows the user to locate areas on a map using geographic names, township, range and section descriptions, county names, latitude and longitude coordinates or zip codes. Network accessible tool also includes a metes and bounds tool that draws boundaries on the map and image data in response to metes and bounds descriptions that have been entered by the Internet user. The network accessible tool also includes a lat/long drawing tool that draws boundaries on the map and image data based upon latitude and longitude coordinate pairs that have been entered by the Internet user. A cursor drawing tool allows the Internet user to draw and edit boundaries on the map and image data by simply clicking the cursor on the corner points of the boundary. An acreage calculation tool is also provided that calculates the acreage of an enclosed boundary. A distance measurement tool is also provided. The cursor information tool provides information relating to the name and creation date of the map and image data in accordance with the location of the cursor on the screen. The information can be communicated by printing, downloading, or e-mailing.

Land software tool

A method for removing artifacts from a bitmap of image data produced by scanning a halftone image may comprise the steps of: (a) calculating a weighted average intensity value for a target pixel based on a weight factor for the target pixel and on weight factors for neighboring pixels in the bitmap of image data; (b) repeating step (a) for each pixel in the bitmap of image data; and (c) replacing the intensity value of each pixel in the bitmap of image data with the weighted average intensity value for each such pixel.

Method and apparatus for removing artifacts from scanned halftone images

A system and method for finding areas of similar color in electronically captured spot color images and replacing the similar colors with a single dominant color. An original image is first prescanned at low resolution to generate an electronic image. Using information from the prescan step, the system classifies colors in the generated image using a three dimensional histogram. A pallet of dominant colors is identified based on the histogram classification. Each line of the original image is then scanned at a second resolution, the second resolution being substantially higher than the first resolution. The scanned lines are then processed to determine where within each line different colors exist. The locations of the different colors are noted using a break out box comprising a set of rules to evaluate each pixel. Segments of each line are correlated with each other and with segments of adjacent lines to determine if the noted colors are in similar locations to thereby identify various spatial areas of color representing the original. The spatial areas are finally compared with the pallet of colors and the average noted color of the spatial areas are replaced with the closest corresponding pallet color.

System and method for spot color extraction

A single bullet tool for casting, shearing and molding bullet balls, comprising a mold for forming lead sticks, means for shearing off a lead slug from such stick, and means for forming a cold formed bullet ball of such slug and for removing the sprue excess formed around the bullet and for sizing the bullet to the desired diameter.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

James J Graham