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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincenzo Liguori, North Ryde, AU;
Assignees:
Canon Information Systems Research Australia Pty Ltd., New South Wales, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382164 ; 358530 ; 358538 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for producing an image made up of pixels is disclosed. The apparatus in one broad configuration comprises a scanning means for inputting scanned data, storage means connected to the scanning means for storing outlines of objects and associated object color data, at least one of the objects having associated object color data defined to be a component of corresponding the input scanned data, and rendering means, connected to the storage means and the scanning means, for rendering the objects utilising the associated object color data.