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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1998
Cameron Bolitho Browne, Burleigh Heads, AU;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of creation of artistic effects in object outlines is disclosed including the steps of generating a mesh over the internal area of the outline; forming a series of areas from the mesh; for each of the series of areas, warping one of a predetermined series of tile shapes to cover the area, the tile shapes having a series of edge portions and the one of the series of tile shapes being chosen to substantially match in an aesthetically pleasing sense along its edges with adjacent ones of the tiles. The artistic effects can include Celtic type knot work designs and the object outlines can include font characters. Hence the tiles can include substantially curves representing rope segments and the aesthetically pleasing sense can include substantially matching the position and thickness of rope segments along the edges of the tile. Additionally, the rope segments can include multiple grouped substantially parallel rope segments.